Opinion | Memorial Day unites us. It also teaches us why we're divided.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "It is not a coincidence that the reaction to the civil rights movement featured new attacks on the role of government," said my Brookings Institution colleague Vanessa Williamson, author of "Read My Lips: Why Americans Are Proud to Pay Taxes."

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