Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

Civility is not simply about manners.

Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments.

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.

When I look at Social Security, I consider it the most important social program in the United States, arguably the most successful program in the world.

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.