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Civility is not simply about manners.
Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.
Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.
There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.'
I have a long-term interest in the humanities.
Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.
History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.
The hallmark of our times is change and acceleration, but we have to provide the history.
The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.
Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.
I think America is going to have to think through whether it wants to uplift the political dialogue or advance an approach that divides and, frankly, can lead to violence.
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.
America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.
