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“I believe that my children, who are young, will look back on the early years of the 21st century in rather the same way I look back on the middle of the 20th: as a time when seemingly respectable people supported discrimination against Americans simply because those Americans were different from themselves.”

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Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham is an American editor and author known for his in-depth analysis of history and public affairs. Born on May 20, 1969, he graduated from Yale University and earned a master's degree from Georgetown University. Meacham served as the executive editor of Newsweek, where he published numerous articles on politics, culture, and history. His writings cover significant figures and events in American history and are well-received by readers. more

“I've been accused of being old before my time more than once. It's true that I've always felt an affinity for, and been comfortable around, older people. I attribute this to a childhood spent around my grandparents - and even a great-grandparent or two. I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything.”

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Author:Jon Meacham

“In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love one's enemies. A tall order, that - perhaps the tallest of all.”

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“The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us is that we are to reach out when our instinct is to pull inward; to give when we want to take; to love when we are inclined to hate; to include when are tempted to exclude.”

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“Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior.”

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Author:Jon Meacham