Jim Leach

Jim Leach
James Albert Smith "Jim" Leachis an American academic and former politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 October 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.
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If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.
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No activity I know is more of a confidence builder and at the same time more 'humility training' than wrestling.
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Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.
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It is hard, ... to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.
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It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.