Off-Ramps for a Country on the Edge
By Spencer Cox
Ronald Reagan Center on Civility and Democracy
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Off-Ramps for a Country on the Edge
Read an excerpt from Off Ramp: How to Be a Peacemaker in an Age of Contempt by Spencer Cox—Utah’s 18th governor.
Reagan National Civility Survey 2026
What can sports teach us about citizenship? Explore findings from a national survey that examines the connection between sportsmanship, civility, and democratic life in America.
Reagan Civility and Democracy Forum 2026
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Two hundred and fifty years ago this July, a group of men signed their names to a document that would become the foundation of a new kind of nation, built on the consent of free citizens. They disagreed, often fiercely, about what that nation should look like, but channeled their disagreement into a foundation of government that has withstood multiple world wars, crises, and two and a half centuries of change.
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