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" A government of, by, and for the people requires that people talk to people, that we can agree to disagree but do so in civility. If we let the politicians and those who report dictate our discourse, then our course will be dictated. "
Donna Brazile
" All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals. "
Joshua Lederberg
" As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble. "
Emmylou Harris
" Civility costs nothing, and buys everything. "
Mary Wortley Montagu
" Civility is a choice. "
Dana Perino
" Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives. "
Jim Leach
" Civility is not simply about manners. "
Jim Leach
" Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold. "
Jay Weatherill
" Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it. "
Jeremy Irons
" Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise? "
Dawn French
" For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush. "
Karl Rove
" I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned. "
Paul D. Boyer
" I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it has come home to haunt them. The public will not tolerate a lack of civility. "
James E. Rogers
" I didn't knowingly meet a conservative until, to my shame, I was 60 years old and sat down and said, 'Wow, I don't understand what this guy's talking about, but he has a great civility about him. Perhaps I better investigate this thing.' "
David Mamet
" If we want to live freely and privately in the interconnected world of the twenty-first century - and surely we do - perhaps above all we need a revival of the small-town civility of the nineteenth century. Manners, not devices: sometimes it's just better not to ask, and better not to look. "
James Gleick
" I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not. "
Dana Perino
" I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me feel like we're about three per cent better than ants. Especially U.S. airports. They're zoos. All civility is gone. "
Douglas Coupland
" I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier. "
Steven Weber
" I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web. "
Willow Bay
" I loved England's gentility and its civility. I'm from the Bronx, with a Bronx accent. I love the beauty of its language, the ways it's spoken. I love the green grass of England and the flowers. "
Sid Bernstein
" I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in hostility between those who have differing opinions. I think this has led to the alienation of the public in governance, which jeopardizes democratic participation. "
Kyrsten Sinema
" I see good ideas on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side. You have to return civility and statesmanship to governance. If you don't do that, it doesn't matter what portfolio of issue you're pushing, nothing is going to get done. "
Richard Carmona
" I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness. "
Dave Eggers
" I think civility is important to getting things done. "
Amy Klobuchar
" I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives. "
T. D. Jakes
" I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion. "
John Podhoretz
" I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. "
George McGovern
" It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility. "
John Howard
" I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally - the one who's usually smiling because it's T.V., not the Supreme Court or Congress, and I find civility more effective in any event. "
Susan Estrich
" I would attend a State of the Union by a president with whom I disagree if I felt she or he was otherwise respectful and adhered to basic moral values or basic tenets of civility and respect. "
Pramila Jayapal
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