Maxine Waters Quotes

The best thing we can do when we want to elevate civil dialogue in our American political discourse is to do whatever we can to make sure we treat others kindly with dignity and respect, and that's what I intend to do.

I notice how well or badly a guy treats a waiter, or whether he's kind to some people and not to others. One guy I was with actually yelled, 'Get out of my face!' at a homeless man. Needless to say, there was no second date.

It is not worthy of the speaker of truth to curse people.

This is what we must do so that we do not gain the reputation of Barbarians

Do not completely defeat your opponents. Leave your opponents some dignity with which to walk off the field. They have been elected by some people and you have no right to dismember them… When you do that, you lose all semblance of leadership.

Leadership is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.

Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.

Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.

I believe that even if a criminal defendant has committed a heinous wrong, they should still be treated with respect from everyone in the criminal justice system, including prosecutors

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.

Abraham Lincoln never denigrated, never scapegoated, never finger-pointed. And he had reason to.

That's all that counts. People being sorry. Makes you feel better; gives you a sense of dignity, and that's all that's important; a sense of dignity. And it doesn't matter if you don't care or not, either. You got to have a sense of dignity, even if you don't care, 'cause, if you don't have that, civilization's doomed.

I do believe in humanism, and I believe that we should treat each other with respect and care and look after each other. All human beings should have an equal chance to survive in society, and inequality is a big problem in society.

It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.

Israel should aspire to be a decent country. That's good enough for me.

There are necessary taboos and essential decencies in every morally healthy society.

There's a couple of things you shouldn't do to other humans and you shouldn't say to other humans that Khal Drogo does.

No one should tolerate indecent behaviour; it's an absolute no.

I never liked to say any trash talk about anyone, and I never go low on that level.

Some people in the press don't respect people in life. I can put my head on my pillow and sleep great because I respect everyone.

We have to respect the opponents.

You cannot put a song - you cannot put a person's talent over somebody's humanity. That's just insane.

If you are an educated man, you respect your opponent, his team, and all those people around; then you are truly a human being.

I believe we are all equal and that's a value I've had since I was little. It's something I can believe in and I can show that to everyone.

I just see how Donald Trump treats other people, and I was impressed by that.