#ally

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

#among #attentive #back #best #does

Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#economic power #economically #education #ever #great

With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and their families, innocents going about their lives, suddenly and brutally murdered, no other day can ever matter as much. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#afforded #brutally #day #does #ever

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#beings #contributions #fellow #fellow human beings #her

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#constructive #destructive #human #human nature #nature

My job was to teach the whole corpus of economic theory, but there were two subjects in which I was especially interested, namely, the economics of mass unemployment and international economics. ↗

— James Meade

#economic #economic theory #economics #especially #i

When Toots finally could breathe again and the blood returned to his brain, he recalled that he had not passed or been passed by Jackie at any time in the race. Toots never used foul language but he came close that night. Jackie paid. ↗

— Audrey Meadows

#any #been #blood #brain #breathe

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#carbon #especially #farms #forests #how

I never say a funny thing intentionally. ↗

— Jayne Meadows

#funny thing #i #intentionally #never #say

I was really shy as a kid. ↗

— Tim Meadows

#kid #really #shy