Quote by Jon Meacham
The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the

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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It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country. – Jon Meacham

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Politics
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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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The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in American life. – Jon Meacham

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No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. – Alan Watts

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Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. – Jean de la Bruyere

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I had been feeling a little rum. I didnt think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I dont know what the future holds, if anything. – Maggie Smith

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Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future. – Daniel Libeskind

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