#eve

While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#ago #character #christian #culture #decisively

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

#american #american dream #best #class #cultural

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

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#every time #liberate #man #time #woman

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#change #change the world #citizens #committed #doubt

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#change the world #could #ever #group #indeed

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#believe #caring #change the world #ever #few

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#before #box #ever #family #impossible

I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#believe #combat #females #fierce #i

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#accurate information #add #believe #brought #doing