Quote by Jon Meacham
It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and

It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country. – Jon Meacham

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Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith. – Jon Meacham

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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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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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Anythings possible in politics. – Pat Robertson

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Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, whos going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and its more powerful than religion. So its going to have to be the vigilante consumer. – Anita Roddick

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Politics is human beings its addition rather than subtraction. – Donald Rumsfeld

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Im not really one of those people who believes that if youre a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics. – Damon Albarn

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