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Jon Meacham quotes

American Editor May 20, 1969

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Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, 'regulation' is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations; Republicans hate them with - how to put it? - evangelical fervor. Jon Meacham
Jackson was a transformative president in part because he had a transcendent personality; other presidents who followed him were not transformative, and served unremarkably. Jon Meacham
I do not believe 'Newsweek' is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we're one of them, and I don't think there are that many on the edge of that cliff. Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham quote: "Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret..."
Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. Jon Meacham
In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he could fend off the drift to exploring a deal with Hitler. The determination of the larger group trumped the tentativeness of the smaller, and Churchill fulfilled his role as leader by disentangling himself from defeatism--one of his singular achievements at the end of May 1940. Jon Meacham
It would be wonderful if the public sector were always great, or always terrible; or if the private sector were always great, or always terrible. Alas, reality is more complicated than comforting caricatures. Governments fail, and corporations fail. Jon Meacham
It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian 'wall of separation' between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. Jon Meacham
Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris. Jon Meacham
Anyone weighing whether to re-elect the President should take the bin Laden operation into account: it is a powerful exhibit that Obama is a steely Commander in Chief - a critical test for many Americans. Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham quote: "Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and..."
Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior. Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham quote: "I don't think anyone is qualified to answer questions of..."
I don't think anyone is qualified to answer questions of eternal fate definitively, much less pinpoint it to a given day. Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham quote: "Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential..."
Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness. Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham quote: "The American system of political spending is so unregulated..."
The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets. Jon Meacham
We are now living in a post-Roosevelt, post-Reagan universe. What comes next will not be post-partisan, because faction is an intrinsic human impulse. Jon Meacham
The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country. Jon Meacham

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