Quote by Jon Meacham
The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capa

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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The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord. – Jon Meacham

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Marriage
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Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didnt work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably wont work for you either. – Jon Meacham

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War
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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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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People. – Benjamin Disraeli

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power

The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power. – John Podhoretz

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power

Im appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture. – Annie Lennox

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power

The corporate woman has been defined as the liberated woman and I see that as the exact opposite. I think she now is more enslaved, maybe even more than the housewife was because shes so out of her power, and imitating male power is not female power. – Kenny Loggins

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It is a rare person who wants to hear want he doesnt want to hear. – Dick Cavett

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It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theatres, etc., that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness and jazz bands. – George Santayana, letter to Van Wyck Brooks, 1927

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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. – Honore de Balzac

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