Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Italy should learn from the English system regarding security and civility. — Gianluca Vialli Copy Share Image
Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“Civility is just lying to people about your true feelings. Hiding for personal gain. Popular people, well, they're just the best liars.” — Rick Remender Copy Share Image
There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it… — James E. Rogers Copy Share Image
I regret not getting brutally forthright with human beings a hell of a lot sooner than I did. Civility and obliquity are… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Years ago on my radio show, I used to say, 'I'm a conservative, but I'm not in a bad mood about it.'… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
“As dear Erasmus said, “It is part of the highest civility if, while never erring yourself, you ignore the errors of others.”… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Constant conflict is actually often good politics. Because the more you can inflame your supporters the more likely they are to show… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I'd like to see a rebirth of America - go back where there's equal rights for everybody and that people succeed to… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Technology and production can be great benefactors of man, but they are mindless instruments, and if undirected they careen along with a… — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
The Indians , whom we call barbarous, observe much more decency and civility in their discourses and conversation, giving one another a… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Now, you may think this is all kindergarten ethics, right down to the time-out for naught kids. If so, you are correct.… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
George Kennan and Paul Nitze were the Adams and Jefferson of the Cold War. They were there for the beginning, they witnessed… — John Lewis Gaddis Copy Share Image
Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Civility is the recognition that all people have dignity that's inherent to their person, no matter their religion, race, gender, sexuality, or… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned. — Paul D. Boyer Copy Share Image
