Quotes about Civility
What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.
— Ben Carson
Be not intimidated...nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice.
— John Adams
If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far away the demon of party spirit and local reproach.
— George Washington
You can disagree without being disagreeable.
— Zig Ziglar
Mrs. Fairford smiled. "I've sometimes thought," she mused, "that Mr. Popple must be the only gentleman I know; at least he's the only man who has ever told me he was a gentleman—and Mr. Popple never fails to mention it.
— Edith Wharton
Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.
— Rick Warren
I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.
— Hillary Clinton
I didn't vote for [President Bush]. But I've never said anything bad about the guy because I have respect for the office.
— Jon Bon Jovi
Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with the knowledge that we will need help every step of the way.
— Gordon Hinckley
There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.
— Amelia Earhart
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.
— Theodore Roosevelt
People ask, 'How do you work with the other side?' Well, I start by not saying bad things about them.
— John Delaney