There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.
There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism. - Jim Leach
There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.
- Jim Leach
America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central governme… - Jim Leach
America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central governme…
History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward. - Jim Leach
History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.
Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude. - Jim Leach
Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.
The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times. - Jim Leach
The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.
Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts. - Jim Leach
Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.
America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the trul… - Jim Leach
America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the trul…
The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred. - Jim Leach
The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.
If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature. - Jim Leach
If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.
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