David Mamet Quotes

Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?

I would rather sit down with a Hollywood liberal any day than simply surround myself with fellow conservatives.

Republicans aren't bad people. They've got some views that are legitimate... and I'd like to think they believe the same of me.

I might not understand everything a Democrat or liberal thinks but hey let's be honest, I don't understand some of the things the Republicans think, but that doesn't make me some dumb hick that doesn't have the right to live here.

He loved politicians—even Republicans

We have seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty. At times, it can seem like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. Argument turns too easily into animosity. Disagreement escalates into dehumanization. Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions.

When people don't like my politics, I am happy to have a political discussion with them.

I'm not a great deep political thinker.

Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.

Frankly, most of my friends hold very different political beliefs. It's just a funny thing in this country that supposedly you can't sit down and have dinner and enjoy another person's company if you don't have the same beliefs. It's ridiculous.

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.

I've been studying the Constitution for myself but also as a way for me, as a Democrat, to comprehend the Right. I think it's important that people who are politically active understand both sides.

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

Undoubtedly, the biggest misconception about me is that I'm some staunch conservative, blind, rightwing hardcore Republican who doesn't want to hear anything from the other side.

There is a lot of noise and conflict in our political discourse, which is fun to cover, but I'm convinced from my travels that people also thirst for more details as well as insight and context.

You can play golf with liberals, be neighbors with them, go out to dinner. I just don't want them in power.

I've slipped on occasion into the realm of irresponsible invective, but I try to avoid it and generally recant when I fall short. Because name-calling does nothing to improve understanding or move the political debate forward.

I've had Republicans come to me and say, 'Tell me how I should talk to young people!' as if it's some foreign language or something.

I don't like to talk about politics. If you say you're a Democrat, that'll turn off Republicans, and that's half of your fan base.

I've learned by hanging out in Hollywood, where I disagree politically with most people, that most people's hearts are in the right place, and the only thing we have to argue about is the way to solve the problems.

I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.

Like religious differences, a difference in politics should never be permitted to enter into social intercourse or to disturb its friendships, its charities or justice.

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

Liberals can understand everything, but people who don’t understand them.