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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World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man. – Jon Meacham

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History
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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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History
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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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power
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The Amen of nature is always a flower. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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If people think nature is their friend, then they sure dont need an enemy. – Kurt Vonnegut

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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. – Toni Morrison

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Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. – Jean Ingelow

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Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. – Arthur Koestler

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