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Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, regulation is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations Republicans hate them with – how to put it? – evangelical fervor. – Jon Meacham

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The traditional religious rights failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of the more extreme dominionist school. – Jon Meacham

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Failure
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A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play. – Jon Meacham

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Business
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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

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Politics is not about power. – Paul Wellstone

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If nominated, I will not run if elected, I will not serve. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, well be called a democracy. – Roger Nash Baldwin

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The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime. – Chuck Palahniuk

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She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. – Oscar Wilde

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Several excuses are always less convincing than one. – Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point

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