“The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.”
“Civility is a choice.”
“Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist church.”
“Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It’s about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.”
“Civility is not simply about manners.”
“There’s a civility that has always been a part of me.”
“I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.”
“While it’s true that Washington would benefit from more civility, the Senate, behind the scenes, is an extraordinarily collegial institution.”
“All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.”
“Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.”
“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.”
“I’m attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.”
“Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.”
“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.”
“Larry King’s show got to be an increasingly lonely outpost of humane civility in a mephitic menagerie of hotheads, saber rattlers, cretins and crackpots.”
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