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19 quotes by Jim Leach

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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.

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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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I have a long-term interest in the humanities.

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Civility is not simply about manners.

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

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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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America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the... →

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Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.

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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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History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

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I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.

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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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