Devon Cajuste Quotes

My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.

I wish at all events to retain at all times a judicial habit of not condemning a thing utterly until I have heard what is to be said for it.

It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.

Let the other side also have a hearing.

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

We need to understand the other side to impact the other side. We become much more effective as humans and leaders when we engage in hearty conversations with those who are different from us, not necessarily to change our opinions, but to build the empathy muscle.

I often go into the lions' den and engage with those I know oppose my views, because I want to understand what other people think.

I have ideas, but those ideas could be wrong. The only way that you would change someone's mind is through dialogue, through productive discussion. If you're not going to have productive discussion, what are you going to do?

If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.

Instead of yelling your opinion, or telling people to shut up, or engaging in this clickbait-internet culture, have a dialogue with someone and ask people questions and listen to what they have to say.

You have to respectfully listen to advice.

Everyone must have a voice, and everyone deserves clarity.

If democracy is to be an articulation of mutual respect, a leader in a democracy leads by showing respect to all.

I think, to be a great conversationalist, you need to be interested in being in said conversation. Oddly enough, I think you need to be a great listener, and I do think I'm a good listener. I think that's my asset - I always listen to people when I talk to them, and that's a big thing you have to have in life and in podcasts.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

People's opinions, you've got to respect them.

Every opinion must be suffered. One must listen to what may be rousing, annoying, even shocking, but it must be done honestly, fairly and with equanimity, respecting the rights of every Member of the Knesset and each faction, guarding the minority in the face of the predatory majority.

If the so called 'democratic' individuals out there really believe in their talk about diversity, they should let those with truly different opinions be allowed to talk freely in public, too.

I just want the respect I deserve. Not for what I can do in the future but what I've done in the past. And I just want a fair opportunity, a fair chance, a fair shot to play basketball.

My view is, let's not shut down anyone's right to speak, let's meet their comments with more speech.

I believe if you can have an open dialogue about anything, whether it's a book or a movie or TV show, it's this door that suddenly opens your mind to new ideas.

I try and listen to what the people I respect are talking about, what they believe and why.

Being morally honest means sitting down and actually listening to a person and understanding where they're coming from.

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

I'm open to listening to proposals, options, it doesn't hurt.