If we are to prevail as a free, self-governing people, we must first govern our tongues and our pens. Restoring civility to public discourse is a necessity. Lay Your Hammer Down:Commencement Address to the Hillsdale College Class of 2004
If we are to prevail as a free, self-governing people, we must first govern our tongues and our pens. Restoring civility to public discourse is a necessity. 
With the recognition that ideas do have consequences, the question arises as to how ideas make their way into the Washington political process.