Jim Leach Quotes

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

Try and understand--there are views other than yours.

I'm all for a passionate debate, and sometimes things can be heated, which is fine, up to a point. As long as we remember that we are human beings.

It's important for people to, instead of automatically assuming everything the opposite side says is incorrect, you have to at least listen and see why someone might feel a certain way.

I'm very respectful of people's views. I know that they're deeply held, and I'd like to hope that people are respectful of my deeply held views.

This country is not going to progress if we can't have decent civil conversations and be respectful to one another.

Instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding.

As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.

I want there to be a level of respect between everybody.

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

One of the lines from my books is about having respect for different minds, and if I had to have an epitaph at this point in my life, that would be it.

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

Our civilization is becoming less civil. You don’t have the right to demonize somebody just because they disagree with you.

Happy the generation where the great listen to the small, for it follows that in such a generation the small will listen to the great.

I celebrate everyone’s opinion even if I disagree with it.

You treat everyone with respect even though you don’t know them and even though you do not agree with them.

When people feel they’re heard and understood, they’ll listen.

I'm not asking you to be tolerant of each other. Tolerance is for cowards. Understand each other.

I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views.

My hope is to create spaces where people of all stripes can come together and speak at a lower decibel level. We make more sense that way. We sound more like our real selves that way.