If we are not serious about facts and what's true and what's not. And particularly in an age of social media where so many people are getting their information in sound bites and snippets off their phones, if we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems.
. . . a nation could change its way of life, its history, its technology, its art, literature, and culture, but it would never have a real chance to change its gestures.