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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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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Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power. – Jon Meacham

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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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Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth. – Walter Raleigh, History of the World

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Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. Thats why we call it the present. – Babatunde Olatunji

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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. – Anatole France

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Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. – Jean Genet

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It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned. – James Lafferty

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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. – Benjamin Spock

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Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. – Horace

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