M&A Ed

“Curiously, only 13 percent of those surveyed could correctly identify the source of the following principle: “You must defend those who are helpless and have no hope. Be fair and give justice to the poor and homeless.” Fifty-four percent misattributed it to a variety of contemporary politicians and celebrities, including Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Bono. Let the record show that the actual source is the Bible—Proverbs 31: 8–9.[”
― Tom Krattenmaker, The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians

“Between 1941 and 1946, the federal government spent more than it had from 1789 to 1941.”
― Jill Lepore, These Truths: A History of the United States

“The baby carriage is the sorriest joke in Europe today, for you never see a baby in one. . . . Instead they are filled with pots and pans and tools, and all the impediments of nomads.”
― David Nasaw, The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War

“Secular progressives who have a problem with the notion of a ‘Christian nation’ probably wouldn’t mind if our nation looked a little more like Christ.”[”
― Tom Krattenmaker, The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians