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Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

~Jim Leach

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The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.

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Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

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There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

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The hallmark of our times is change and acceleration, but we have to provide the history.

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If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.

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America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.

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It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.

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I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.

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The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: October 15th, 1942

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