Top 19 Quotes by Jim Leach

I have a long-term interest in the humanities.

Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

Civility is not simply about manners.

The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.

The hallmark of our times is change and acceleration, but we have to provide the history.

The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.

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.