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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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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The fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war, but in a wary, if often underplayed, alliance. History is unmistakable on this point. – Jon Meacham

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Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history and a critical sensibility. – Jon Meacham

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A purely objective viewpoint does not exist in the cosmos or in politics. – Howard Fineman

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Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. – George Jean Nathan

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Im highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I dont feel in tune with British politics. – Jane Goodall

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Politics is politics art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist. – Youssou NDour

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