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Lesson 1: Why Have a Civil Dialogue?- Welcome to Constitution 101!
- Why Have Civil Dialogue? | Constitution 101
- Justice Stephen Breyer on Civil Dialogue at the Supreme Court
- Why is it important to engage in civil dialogue?
- Background: Constitutional Conversations: Roles and Norms
- Primary Source: George Washington, Farewell Address
- Primary Source: Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (1801)
- Why is it important to avoid cynicism?
- Primary source: Alexander Hamilton, *Federalist,* No. 1
- Understand: Why have a civic dialogue?
- Apply: Why have a civil dialogue?
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Why Have Civil Dialogue? | Constitution 101
What is #CivilDialogue and why is it important? Drawing on the writings of #SupremeCourt Justices Louis Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains the central role civil dialogue has played in American democracy throughout history and today.
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