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I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.

As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse.

We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplished, but you can disagree very much with the next guy and still be friends and acquaintances.

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 have been into social work since 45 years, and at an average, every day for one or two hours, I have been engaging in social discourses. It is not a small thing.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

A government of, by, and for the people requires that people talk to people, that we can agree to disagree but do so in civility. If we let the politicians and those who report dictate our discourse, then our course will be dictated.

Much of my work strikes me as pretty unified: as a lawyer, working in several areas, I have thought about how to promote freedom of speech broadly for everyone.