Larry Hogan Quotes

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.

Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

I have tried to treat people on the other side civilly and look for common ground.

People ask, 'How do you work with the other side?' Well, I start by not saying bad things about them.

All sides must learn to respect one another.

We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplished, but you can disagree very much with the next guy and still be friends and acquaintances.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

Hear the other side.

Understanding is a two-way street.

I hope it goes beyond meeting with them to a willingness to listen and compromise on issues.

Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to reach back, and I don't think that's happened and it's been disappointing because the debate in our country has become so rancorous.

We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.

We can argue and we can disagree, but we don’t need to poke our fingers in each other’s eyes in order to get our points across.

You don't promote the cause of peace by talking only to people with whom you agree.

I think it's important to understand people can disagree on things, and still move forward.

Activism is a very admirable way to create change, but it has to go hand in hand with personal contact with the people with whom we have opposing points of view; without that, there will never be any movement.

Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right?

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.