Quote by Jon Meacham
If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if ones sexuality i

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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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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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 bringing-about of order is the first and fundamental task of government. We accept limits on our rights for the sake of a larger social compact all the time. – Jon Meacham

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Mother Nature is the ultimate truth of the show must go on. – Terri Guillemets

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With innovation and technology, seems we have forgotten to cherish the true beauty the world has to offer. – A.C. Van Cherub, 2008

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The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer. – Muhammad Iqbal

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Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man. – Henry Adams

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