“I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens.”

— Mark Kingwell

Preface, p. viii.
The World We Want (2000)

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Canadian philosopher 1963

J. Maarten Troost (1969) American writer

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“I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.”

Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) American astronaut; first person to walk on the moon

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“I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

Letter to William Plumer (21 July 1816)
1810s

“Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.”

Izaak Walton book The Compleat Angler

Part I, ch. 2.
The Compleat Angler (1653-1655)

“Citizens who understand the power they have to elect and hold those in public office accountable can truly move mountains!”

Yemi Adamolekun Executive Director of Enough is Enough

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/nigeria-61-eie-11-light-hope-power-and-voice-opinion/ Speaking about Nigeria (October 18 2021 )

“To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination.”

Bell Hooks (1952) American author, feminist, and social activist

Killing Rage: Ending Racism (1995)

“That theater doesn't make for authentic public discourse.”

Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian

Hartford Advocate Interview (2008)
Context: Stewart: The real issue is that TV news can either bring clarity or noise. And it tends to not seem to know the difference between them. … We do a show that doesn't try to bring noise. I think that we have a more consistent point of view than most news shows, I'll say that.
Bulger: What's that point of view?
Stewart: That theater doesn't make for authentic public discourse.

“Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.”

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer

" What I Believe http://www.unz.org/Pub/Forum-1930sep-00133" in The Forum 84 (September 1930), p. 136
1930s
Context: Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. The more stupid the man, the larger his stock of adamantine assurances, the heavier his load of faith.

“Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization.”

J.M. Coetzee book Waiting for the Barbarians

Source: Waiting for the Barbarians

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