“Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America ha...” — Jon Meacham Quote

“Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.”

“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.”

“It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian 'wall of separation' between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church.”

“My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.”

“Acting is my profession; I enact all roles with sincerity.”

“The truth is that I've always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a child. I used to see these English movies which were shown to us in our school every Saturday, and then I used to enact the hero's part in my head.”