Democracy Quote by Anonymous

To be able to continue to be polite to those who are rude is a peak in good character that we should all be…

— Mufti Ismail Menk

There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.

— Paul Wellstone

“Plus, it is basic human nature to treat polite people worse than rude people. It is easier to assert dominance over a person unlikely…

— Joseph Fink

When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite.

— Judith Martin

Democrats should be welcoming to anyone who shares our general values.

— Michael Capuano

The attitude of the Democrat Party is that wherever there are Republicans they are so bad, they are so discriminatory, they are so racist,…

— Rush Limbaugh

I have seen people rude by being over-polite.

— Michel de Montaigne

What the Republican National Committee did to Ron Paul was the height of rudeness and stupidity for this reason: Why would you alienate an…

— Michael Steele

You will smile here at the consistency of those democratists who, when they are not on their guard, treat the humbler part of the…

— Edmund Burke

It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Often people that tell others they are "extremely polite" when the situation calls for tact and bluntness are not actually polite people. Instead, they…

— Shannon L. Alder

Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other.

— Samuel Johnson