'Mind your manners' isn't just something your mother told you. Manners – and civility – are an essential component of how things get done in government, and the Founding Fathers knew it.
President George Washington aimed to unify the country with his first Thanksgiving message.
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For his first presidential Thanksgiving, George Washington aimed to pull his country together in the face of the many internal divisions that could yank it apart.
Republican nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic nominee Sen. Tim Kaine stand after the vice-presidential debate in Farmville, Va., Oct. 4, 2016.
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'Mind your manners' isn't just something your mother told you. Manners – and civility – are an essential component of how things get done in government, and the Founding Fathers knew it.
Today’s genuine pessimism about America’s future has very old roots.
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Think American democracy is ending? You're not alone, writes a historian. American leaders have often yielded to despair – as far back as the founding of the republic.
George Washington would have thought wearing a mask was manly.
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A biographer of George Washington says that the father of the country would have no problem wearing the kind of protective gear that President Trump shuns.
A supporter of the Sardines anti-populist movement.
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La vérité n’est nullement garantie et elle exige un apprentissage technique, ainsi qu’une forte dose de bonne volonté et parfois même une bonne part de courage personnel.