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I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were to turn away from the church when they grow up. I am also a critic of Christianity, if by critic one means an observer who brings historical and literary judgment to bear on the texts and traditions of the church. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#am #away #bear #brings #children

Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#democrats #despair #elections #favor #gloomy

It would be wonderful if the public sector were always great, or always terrible; or if the private sector were always great, or always terrible. Alas, reality is more complicated than comforting caricatures. Governments fail, and corporations fail. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#always #caricatures #comforting #complicated #corporations

World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#depression #ended #great #great depression #history

Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations. ↗

— George H. Mead

#differences #different #interest #method #nations

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#becomes #competitive #grown #most #once

All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#artificial #exist #invest #lives #media

I had a dream about you last night... you were crying over spilt ink screaming "the words, the what could have been beautiful words. ↗

— Nicole McKay

#dreams #funny #humor #life #relationships

Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#aims #among #aspirations #collective #collective consciousness

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#blueprints #commercial #essentially #every #evoking