George W. Bush Quotes

Law and order comes from having respect for one another.

If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

It is important in a democracy to respect contrary opinion without impugning the motives or maligning the character of ones opponents. To view it any other way is to encourage the same type of sickness in public life that leads to assassinations.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.

Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back; it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness.

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.

We should learn to live and love our neighbors as ourselves for the sake of peace and progress.

There is a social need within our lives as human beings to have harmony.

Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.

You just always do what will make the other fellow feel comfortable, at ease, and then everything else will be all right.

The crucial part of a citizens' culture is learning to correct others without mistreating them or generating aggression. We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.

One seldom hears or sees a quarrel among them. Even strangers trust each other more than acquaintances in Europe. People are far more sincere and generous than in Germany

The condition of our survival in any but the meagerest existence is our willingness to accommodate ourselves to the conflicting interests of others, to learn to live in a social world.

If you treat people right they will treat you right — ninety percent of the time.

Respect is the first requisite to good fellowship.

We are safer when communities respect the police and the police respect the communities.

I'm friendly to everyone I meet and people are friendly to me.

Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos.

In public life, differences should not deter us from acknowledging the good work done by others whom we may not agree with.

If we don't have access to facts, we can't trust each other. Without trust, there's no law. Without law, there's no democracy.

At the end of the day, we can talk about anything but we have to be respectful.

A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more than police officers to put things right.

We thought a human city is kind of like that watering hole. It's where different groups come together and have to find ways to live and survive and cohabit and cooperate, but they may not always see eye-to-eye.

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