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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Case for Civility

by Lyndon Olson
November 16, 2009  |  2

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(Lyndon Olson, the former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, gave this speech in Austin on Thursday, November 12, when he was honored by the Center for Public Policy Priorities.)


I want to talk with you about civility, both in society in general and in our politics in particular.

I encourage you to think back ... for some of us way back ... to those report cards we got in first grade. Most everyone had different type cards and categories, but they were pretty much variations on the same basic theme. I'm not talking about your arithmetic or reading or penmanship grades ...

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Comments (2)

  • jjbaskin wrote on 11/16/2009 11:43 a.m.

    Amen.

  • dougbwilson wrote on 11/16/2009 6:07 p.m.

    thank you for sharing
    what you say makes sense,
    I remember my conduct in class was more important to my parents than my grades,
    I help my wife , Peggy present a couples help conflict communication workshop,
    civil dialogue is the process leading hopefully to Civility in daily life with others.
    Doug
    peggy and doug