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“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.” quote by Jim Leach — Download Open image

“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.”

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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 is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.

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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…

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

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A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

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Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

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I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.

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Civility is not simply about manners.

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No activity I know is more of a confidence builder and at the same time more 'humility training' than wrestling.

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Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.

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I have a long-term interest in the humanities.

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

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The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory for Osama bin Laden, whose announced goal was to bankrupt America by drawing it into a trap. The 2011 military budget - almost matching that of the rest of the world combined - is higher in…

Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who…

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Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the…

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So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of…

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Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.

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The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how…

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I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]

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America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…

Albert Einstein

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I'm gonna bring America together.

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In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did not need a passport for any country except Russia.:; The European emigrant, if he could scrape together a few pounds for the passage, simply set sail for America or Australia, and when he got there no…

We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that.

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America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the…

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