Justice Stephen Breyer on the Importance of Civics Education
We the People
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Is There Anything You Can Do About Senator Helms?
When he first came to the Senate, Senator Helms was a very conservative senator. He got up and made some remarks about Senator Kennedy which weren't too nice either. A note said that he should go to see Senator Mike Mansfield, who was the head of the Democrats. Mansfield told him: You may not know this, but two weeks ago,. Senator Helms' wife was diagnosed with a very, very virulent and bad form of cancer. What's important is you can disagree, but don't do it in a disagreeable way.
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