We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
By never marrying, I ended up never divorcing, but I also failed to accumulate that brocade of civility and padlock of security… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families - especially their children - should not… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Panic is rare, looting is essentially insignificant, people are not terrified and trampling each other to flee from a disaster scene, but… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Seattle is not an overly friendly city. It is a civil city, but not altogether friendly. People from outside mistake the civility… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
No greater glory can be handed down than to conquer the barbarian, to recall the savage and the pagan to civility, to… — Richard Hakluyt Copy Share Image
While I began writing 'Rules of Civility' in 2006, the genesis of the book dates back to the early 1990s, when I… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“If the secret core of potlatch is the reciprocity of exchange, why is this reciprocity not asserted directly, why does it assume… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Okay, so here's my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Why do some people consider civility an antonym - anathema,… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness as long… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“We hear a great deal about the rudeness of the ris- ing generation. I am an oldster myself and might be expected… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is becoming plain that our liberal regime of equality and personal freedom depends, more than most theorists of liberalism have been… — Mary Ann Glendon Copy Share Image
My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, 'Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make; But the great souldier's honour… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
“Civility is the everyday ethic of honoring the dignity of others as we would wish our own to be honored—an active commitment… — Diane Kalen-Sukra Copy Share Image
“Civility (sabhyata,) is the sign of one with the right belief (enlightened view, samkit) and etiquette is the sign of one with… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
She smiled then, an adorable, sweet smile that took his breath away. He forgot all about trying to maintain an air of… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
I'm so sick and tired of all this violence, this gun violence. And how could I speak on it - you know… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
This perpetual round of constrained civilities to persons quite indifferent to us, is the most provoking and tiresome thing in theworld, but… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing is none of my business' and 'What… — George Will Copy Share Image
I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“My mother raised me to be polite, to be demure. I have long operated under the idea that civility is subservience. But… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
We have, a Democrat Party once again adding to the civility of the discourse, Maxine Waters claiming that [Donald] Trump and his… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
How do we have a society that maximizes peace, civility and well-being for everyone? How do we have a system of individual… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
“Blowpipes and darts——heathen, I call it,” said Mrs. Mitchell. “You are right,” said Poirot, addressing her with a flattering air of being… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue,… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
It's not beneficial when you have a presidential candidate like Donald Trump, telling his supporters "punch that guy in the face." I… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelming, consider more deeply… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
And I do not want anymore to be useful, to be docile, to lead / children out of the fields into the… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
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