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From jefferson to jackson to lincoln to fdr to reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. we'll all be much saner, i think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.
-Jon Meacham
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From jefferson to jackson to lincoln to fdr to reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. we'll all be much saner, i think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.
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