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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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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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A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far. – Jon Meacham

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As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, Americas unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom – not least freedom of conscience. – Jon Meacham

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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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