Dylan Moran Quotes

American political leaders need to take a cold shower of humility: we do not always know what is best for other people, even when we think it is their interests we have in mind.

You will never hear me denigrating other countries.

We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.

A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.

When you're out in the field and spending time in these different places around the world, humility is one of the most important assets that will serve you well.

We should tread cautiously before casting judgment on foreign governments and their people.

I'd never presume to understand what it's like to be in a community I've never been a part of, but I can show up, listen and learn.

When we represent all cultures with sensitivity and truth, we foster a society that supports all people.

Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.

So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Resist the need to be 'right' all the time or to always have the last word.

Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.

I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when you were strong.

The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.

It would never occur to me to judge anyone.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

I have a good relationship with the world. But I don't know what the trick is to maintaining it.

I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.