Civilized Quote by Daniel Lubetzky

“Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged…

— Aberjhani

Being civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary.

— Ursula Parrott

As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse.

— Jim Lehrer

“In critical linguistic research, ‘discourse’ often denotes text and image in real-use contexts. The nature of discourse is multi-faceted: discourse itself constructs ideas and…

— Helen Ringrow

Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at whatever the stage of their struggle for liberation. The…

— Paulo Freire

Since we want not emancipation from impulse but clarification of impulse, the duty of rhetoric is to bring together action and understanding into a…

— Richard M. Weaver

With sociolinguistics, after covering the basics of the field, I focused on discourse analysis.

— Carrie Brownstein

All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

— Ben Jonson

One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest personal concerns-about…

— Sam Harris

You have to learn to have discourse with people you don't necessarily agree with.

— Charlamagne tha God

Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.

— Alex Gibney

I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens.

— Mark Kingwell