Jon Meacham Quotes - Page 2

Quotes about:

• The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the most repulsive of human instincts, the will to power at the price of the lives of others.

  Jon Meacham

  Texas, September 11, London

  4 Copy quote

• From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.

  Jon Meacham

  Thinking, Inspire, One Day

  4 Copy quote

• World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man.

  Jon Meacham

  War, Men, Collaboration

  "In Perspective: Jon Meacham on the delicate balance between public and private" by Jon Meacham, www.pbs.org. September 16, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

• I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were to turn away from the church when they grow up. I am also a critic of Christianity, if by critic one means an observer who brings historical and literary judgment to bear on the texts and traditions of the church.

  Jon Meacham

  Children, Growing Up, Father

  4 Copy quote

• Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.

  Jon Meacham

  Running, Long, Essentials

  Jon Meacham (2008). “American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House”, p.24, Random House

  4 Copy quote

• Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize.

  Jon Meacham

  Enemy, Sometimes, Failing

  4 Copy quote

• Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books.

  Jon Meacham

  Military, War, Book

  7 Copy quote

• There is nothing new under the sun.

  Jon Meacham

  Science, Old Things, Sun

  Jon Meacham (2012). “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power”, p.355, Random House

  7 Copy quote

• 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

  Running, Country, Thinking

  7 Copy quote

• Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

  Jon Meacham

  Leader, Crowds, Intimidating

  Jon Meacham (2012). “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power”, p.21, Random House

  4 Copy quote

• In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.

  Jon Meacham

  Doe, Prejudice, Today

  5 Copy quote

• Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic - terms. Yes, scripture speaks of fire and damnation and eternal bliss, but the Bible is the product of human hands and hearts, and much of the imagery is allegorical, not meteorological.

  Jon Meacham

  Heart, Simple, Reality

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Religious, Wall, Political

  4 Copy quote

• A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

  Jon Meacham

  Zero, Thinking, Games

  8 Copy quote

• President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed.

  Jon Meacham

  Names, President, Losing

  4 Copy quote

• Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms.

  Jon Meacham

  Jesus, Divorce, Biblical

  9 Copy quote

• One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River.

  Jon Meacham

  Memories, Hunting, Rivers

  "TEAM OBAMA BEGINS PLANNING $1 BILLION REELECTION CAMPAIGN - Party members may mix across aisle for State of the Union - Au revoir, Chairman Steele -- Taylor and Amy Gross have #3, a girl" by Mike Allen, www.politico.com. January 14, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Hate, Dirty, Cutting

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Powerful, President, Tests

  4 Copy quote

• Given that sexual orientation is innate and that we are all, in theological terms, children of God, to deny access to some sacraments based on sexuality is as wrong as denying access to some sacraments based on race or gender.

  Jon Meacham

  Children, Race, Sexuality

  4 Copy quote

• Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably won't work for you either.

  Jon Meacham

  War, President, Thumbs

  4 Copy quote

• History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other?

  Jon Meacham

  Government, America, Wish

  7 Copy quote

• I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of poverty among the elderly. FDR believed in the greatness and generosity of Americans - but he was also a cold-blooded politician.

  Jon Meacham

  Believe, Greatness, Elderly

  7 Copy quote

• 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

  Believe, Ignorance, Thinking

  "Newsweek's Jon Meacham On 'The Daily Show': It's Time To Flip The Switch From Print To Digital" by Joe Pompeo, www.businessinsider.com. May 6, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

• If heaven is understood more as God's space on earth than as an ethereal region apart from the essential reality we know, then what happens on earth matters even more than we think, for the Christian life becomes a continuation of the unfolding work of Jesus, who will one day return to set the world to rights.

  Jon Meacham

  Christian, Jesus, Thinking

  10 Copy quote

Page 2 of 4

First

← Prev

1

2

3

4

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin