#erica

The decline and fall of the modern religious right's notion of a Christian America creates a calmer political environment and, for many believers, may help open the way for a more theologically serious religious life. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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The fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war, but in a wary, if often underplayed, alliance. History is unmistakable on this point. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in American life. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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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. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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Whoever rises to deliver the inaugural Address of 2013 will speak to a nation in which the American Dream is under profound economic and cultural pressure. This is perhaps best measured by the state of the middle class. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

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It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a Republic without the moral and material support of the liberty-loving citizens of these United States. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Our challenge in this regard will be to broaden the scope of our federal funds in terms of international diplomacy, development aid, and international assistance. Many Latinos in the United States look at Latin America and see trouble brewing. ↗

— Robert Menendez

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And it was from Boston that one in every six American families began their journey into the land of the free. ↗

— Thomas Menino

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