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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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Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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

— George H. Mead

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The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self. ↗

— George H. Mead

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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#different things #entirely #people #people say #say

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that the war in Iraq was seen as the major issue in American-Arab relations. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#did #ego #egypt #find #first

Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

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