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All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

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

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.

My hope is that we would begin to have a dialogue in this country about the importance of civility. We can have strong differences, but it does seem to me that most of the country believes it's gone to critical mass in what I would call the professional class across the political spectrum - left and right.

We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.

Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together, debate the common good and call American democracy back to its highest values amid our differences.

The venerable Robert E. Lee has taken some vicious hits, as dishonest or misinformed advocates among political interest groups and in academia attempt to twist yesterday's America into a fantasy that might better service the political issues of today.

Obviously we know Bill Hader is funny and charming, but my question is, can he do raw humanity and naturalism? I think so.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.