Quote by Jon Meacham
While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our

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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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 traditional religious rights failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of the more extreme dominionist school. – Jon Meacham

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Failure
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Part of what I loved – and love – about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. Im interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. Im interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books. – Jon Meacham

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Human misery is too great for men to do without faith. – Heinrich Heine

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My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged. – Rob Bell

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I desire an special interest in your prayers that my faith fail not in the day of adversity. – John Hawley

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I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didnt believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through. – Michael Chang

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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt. – Laura Schlessinger

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A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself. – May Sarton

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Every scowling face also contains the shapes of engaging smiles, just waiting to be released. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things. – Richard Dawkins

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