Civility Quote by Karine Jean-Pierre Download Open image “We were wrong when we defined 'civility' as saying the wrong things the right way.” — Karine Jean-Pierre ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civility Right Right way Saying the wrong thing Things Way Wrong
John Stuart Mill, in his wonderful 1859 book On Liberty, talks about civility. And this is why you should always be concerned about calls… — Greg Lukianoff Copy Share Image
Civility is a work of the imagination, for it is through the imagination that we render others sufficiently like ourselves for them to become… — Benjamin Barber Copy Share Image
Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Civility is not something we should simply talk about one day and forget the next. It is a principle we should practice 365 days… — Mike Johnson 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 the conversation. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold. — Jay Weatherill 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 ability. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Donald Trump entered the business world as a racist, he entered the 2016 election as a racist, and he entered the White House as… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
We were founded on the idea that all people are created equal, and while that notion of who counts as a person - who… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
My parents taught me by example what it means to be American: to hope and to dream, and to work hard for those hopes… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
My mom juggled working as a home health care aide with managing her own hair salon, often working every day except Sunday, when she… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
Voters are excited about progressive candidates because they're fighting for our interests, not special interests. — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
We were wrong every time we stayed silent when the Trump administration tried to tear us apart. — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
Once you help one person register to vote or convince one friend to canvass with you, you'll never again question whether or not you… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
My parents were critical to building up my well of strength and resolve that I turn to whenever I'm in a difficult situation. And… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
I was a phone canvasser, and I was terrible at it. It's really hard to ask for money, especially over the phone. — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
You cannot call yourself a progressive while continuing to associate yourself with an organization like AIPAC that has often been the antithesis of what… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing of… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church. — Dave Hickey 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 you no… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness.” — C.J. Sansom Copy Share Image
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner,… — Lord Chesterfield 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
[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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