Quote by Jon Meacham
A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows oppo

A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along? – Jon Meacham

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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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In America, now, let us – Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever – fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love ones enemies. A tall order, that – perhaps the tallest of all. – Jon Meacham

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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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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. – Margaret Thatcher

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I think that what Im doing is right. And election-year politics, which intensifies everything, is not going to drive me off that course. – Eric Holder

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You never know whatll happen in politics. – Claire McCaskill

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Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. – Charles de Gaulle

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