More From Jon Meacham
- "As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America’s unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom – not least freedom of conscience."
- "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."
- "The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality."
More In Government
- "We don’t need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole."― Vladimir Putin
- "Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."― Sydney J. Harris
- "Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world."― Tony Gilroy