Civility Quotes

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split.

FLATTERY is nothing, but false friendship, fawning hypocrisy, dishonest civility, base merchandise of words…

I warn against the tyranny of the majority of the people with good table manners.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning of our acquaintance and familiarity; and, consequently, that which first opens the door for us to better ourselves by the example of others, if there be anything in the society worth notice

A soft answer turns away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger ;, .d. oratory;, .d. anger;, .d. debate;, A soft answer turns away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger

Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for absolutely no reason is terrifying. But, what scares me is the human reaction to it and how people behave when the rules of civility and society are obliterated.

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

Be polite. Write diplomatically. Even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

The people of Northern Italy are the most civilized people I have ever met.

The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner, that he thinks it mere condescension in him; and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what you have no pretense to claim.

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted.

We can be civil to each other, and we can try to express ourselves acknowledging that we're all patriots, we're all Americans, and not assume the absolute worst in people's motives.

I respect all my opponents.

I believe in working together to solve the problems we've got. And we need to get rid of the venom in the political atmosphere in D.C. It's a poisonous atmosphere.

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.

That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.

We [the Senate] are a small town of 100 people. It makes no sense to not get along with others.

The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks.

We need sobriety, rationality, and civility in the discussions on the regulation of financial institutions so that the banks can return in a robust manner to their central role in funding the economy.

Drawing forceful distinctions and being civil are not mutually exclusive.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.