Quote by Jon Meacham
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With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and their families, innocents going about their lives, suddenly and brutally murdered, no other day can ever matter as much. – Jon Meacham

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Attacks on a politicians identity – questioning Romneys religion, say, or Obamas birthplace – tend to come when an opponent is desperate and cant sell himself. – Jon Meacham

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Religion
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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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Future
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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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Nature
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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. – Will Durant

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History

I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history. – Marco Rubio

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History

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, theres nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends. – Ani DiFranco

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History

History is a set of lies agreed upon. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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History

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Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities. – Benjamin Franklin

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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when youd have preferred to talk. – Doug Larson

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I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? – Jean Cocteau

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We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them. – James Carville

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