Quote by Jon Meacham
The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the

The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness. – Jon Meacham

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The attacks of September 11 – and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas – embody the most repulsive of human instincts, the will to power at the price of the lives of others. – Jon Meacham

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power
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While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing – good for our political culture. – Jon Meacham

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Faith
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If a person is homosexual by nature – that is, if ones sexuality is as intrinsic a part of ones identity as gender or skin color – then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow. – Jon Meacham

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A year is an eternity in politics – though less than a moment in history. – Eliot Spitzer

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History

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. Im innocent. Youve got to believe Im innocent. If you dont, take my job. – Richard M. Nixon

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History

We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasnt always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be. – Anne Roiphe

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History

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history. – Vivienne Westwood

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History

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It isnt true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around. – Mario Vargas Llosa

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Experience increases our wisdom but doesnt reduce our follies. – Josh Billings

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Emigration is no longer a solution its a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but theyre knocking on doors that are not open. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

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This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification. – Herman Hesse

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