Matthew Oettinger

“We cannot guarantee equal outcomes, but we must do all we can to ensure equal opportunity.”
― Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

“In short, a successful military policy is possible when, and only when, it is one of at least three strands of the policies of the allied countries. The other two are the political and the economic.”
― Gideon Rose, A New Cold War?: Russia and America, Then and Now

“One need not become a candidate (though that’s certainly an option worth considering) or a political addict hooked on every twist and every turn and every tweet. But the paying of attention, the expressing of opinion, and the casting of ballots are foundational to living up to the obligations of citizenship in a republic.”
― Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

“it must seem odd that Christian nationalists loudly reject “government” as a matter of principle even as they seek government power to impose their religious vision on the rest of society. America’s slaveholders, too, revealed a similar inconsistency when they championed “states’ rights” and at the same time demanded the assistance of the federal government in catching runaway slaves and defending the slave system.”
― Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism