Jon Meacham Quotes - Page 4

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• Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

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  Biblical, Light, Scripture

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• The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets.

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  Political, Might, Adam

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• The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country.

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  Country, Wall, America

  "Show Them the Money" by Jon Meacham, ideas.time.com. October 12, 2011.

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• It's possible that the 2012 general-election race will be the least overtly religious one since 1972, the last campaign before Roe v. Wade and the rise of Jimmy Carter brought evangelicalism into the political mainstream. That's because faith remains a complicated issue for Obama, who is still wrongly thought to be a Muslim in some quarters.

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  Religious, Race, Issues

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• Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and vice versa, but I think there is an inherent popular aversion to assaults on the court itself. Perhaps it has to do with an instinctive belief that life needs umpires.

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  Running, Thinking, Umpires

  "Why Obama Shouldn’t Declare War on the Supreme Court" by Jon Meacham, ideas.time.com. April 2, 2012.

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• Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.

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  Gun, America, Common Sense

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