Quotes About Civility

If you brought up Joyce twice, you would not be invited back.

Can't you let a man die as comfortably as he can without calling him names?

Politeness costs nothing.

I don't have any interest whatsoever in getting back out there and bashing Hillary Clinton.

Whenever you discuss politics, it is always better to use individual names rather then the term neocon.

Being president isn't anything like reality TV. It's not about sending insulting tweets or making fiery speeches; it's about whether or not the candidate can handle the awesome responsibility of leading this country.

While Obama, the olive-branch poseur, has called for a restoration of 'civility' in Washington and liberal elites whine and whinny about the need for 'no labels,' class-warfare demagoguery has metastasized unchecked.

Chicago is incredibly gracious. People here have so much pride.

Elections should highlight principled disagreements, but they must not obscure our capacity to cooperate for the common good.

I try not to be too profane around children or old people. Other than that, that's how I speak.

We are a party that believes in dignity and respect for one another. We can't say that is what we want in the country if we don't behave like that ourselves.

You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.

Dad knew how to disagree without being disagreeable or rude.

As a country, we still have a lot of work to do. We need to agree on some basic rules for civil discourse.

There is no civil discourse left and it is really sad.

If you let things devolve into a shouting match, then it's really difficult to have a discussion, a serious discussion.

We don't have to settle for disgraceful politics. We don't have to settle for being as terrible as Donald Trump.

I don't have any disparaging words about WWE.

I would never disrespect anyone.

And I think the most important thing is I never am or at least I hope to never be disrespectful.

I loathe the word 'celebrity,' and I hope I'm not a diva. Whenever I see diva-ish behaviour, I just leave the room; I find it appalling. You should always try to be civil to people.

I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not.

The whole social media thing is ridiculous. Everybody gets to say what they want all the time. That's fine in theory, but it's not civilised. Imagine going into a bar, and everybody in that bar is talking like people do online. They'd just get their teeth punched in.

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.