Rush Limbaugh Quotes

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.

You should live hoping you are going to offend people, because then you're doing something.

Missionaries must not ridicule the pagan idols, nor their manner of worship; but calmly reason with them always showing the utmost benevolence; that they ought not to expose the innocent customs of the country, but as far as possible become all things to all men.

I do ask myself why I make people so enraged, because I only ever say what I think. And while I know it might not be everyone's point of view, that doesn't seem particularly intolerable to me.

In my experience, yelling at people that they are wrong and disgusting rarely wins the argument, nor changes point of view.

If I disagree with someone, I let them have their say and move on. I don't want to be the one to lecture.

Dialogue can be held with everyone. It is not necessary to be like-minded to hold talks, but it is compulsory to be right-minded.

I don't like controversies. I try to understand where a person comes from and where he is.

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

I have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful.

I am sure there is a right way and a wrong way and in today's life, there are many different rules of being politically correct.

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.

Maybe Larry Kings cannot thrive or even survive in a world where the norms for discourse are rage, vehemence and character assassination. King wanted to be liked, not feared; admired, not loathed.

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences.

The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what overall approach would you find persuasive and want her to use? Whatever that is, do it yourself.

It's not necessary with your friends to discuss something you know you will disagree profoundly on.

I don't have the activist temperament. I like listening to divergent points of view and hearing people out. I like getting along. I even like being liked, although activists of any stripe should get rid of that handicap at the outset.

Hear the other side.

If I have my opinion about something, you have your opinion about something, we don't have to fight over it. And we can have a conversation. We can also disagree without being disagreeable, and we can just disagree, which is fine. It doesn't mean that I don't like you, or you don't like me. We just disagree.

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

In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.

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