Jim Leach's Profile
Brief about Jim Leach: By info that we know Jim Leach was born at 1942-10-15. And also Jim Leach is American Politician.
Some Jim Leach's quotes. Goto "Jim Leach's quotation" section for more.Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.
Tags: Making, Respect, SureI have a long-term interest in the humanities.
Tags: Humanities, InterestA government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.
Tags: Business, Government, NationHistory provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.
Tags: Forward, History, SenseIf you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.
Tags: Great, Put, YourselfIt is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.
Tags: Country, Hard, MayOur culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.
Tags: Culture, Often, PoliticsPolitics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.
Tags: Nature, Politics, SometimesThe hallmark of our times is change and acceleration, but we have to provide the history.
Tags: Change, History, TimesThe majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.
Tags: High, School, WarThere are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.'
Tags: Communism, Socialism, WordsThere's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.
Tags: Greater, Optimism, RuleAmerica is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.
Tags: America, Countries, GovernmentAmerica 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.
Tags: Great, Leadership, SocietyRelated topics
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