Quote by Jon Meacham
History tells us that America does best when the private sector is

History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other? – Jon Meacham

Other quotes by Jon Meacham

The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord. – Jon Meacham

Category:
Marriage
Read Quote

The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing. – Jon Meacham

Category:
Future
Read Quote

A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along? – Jon Meacham

Category:
Politics
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power. – Lucy Powell

Category:
Government

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I dont think it is the governments rule. – Arlen Specter

Category:
Government

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Category:
Government

And heres the fact: the fact is it doesnt solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed these people at 100 percent, basically next year you said, Look, every penny you make next year the governments going to take it from you, it still doesnt solve the debt. – Marco Rubio

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

We all need each other. – Leo Buscaglia

Category:
Help

Iran has long sponsored terrorists who carry out homicide bombings in Israeli cities. However, it is a mistake to believe the danger Iran poses is directed at Israel alone. – John Doolittle

Category:
alone

I want to apologize to all of the people I have let down because of my behavior which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, business associates and others. – Kate Moss

Category:
Business

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. – Iris Murdoch

Category:
Future