Jake Tapper Quotes

I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.

Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed and interrupted and patronized, that's uncivil.

I would hope that ... this Senate does return to the decorum that calls for courtesy when one is speaking and others should be listening, the decorum of people in their seats rather than straggling in the aisles when debate is going on.

It does not good to shout anyone down….There will be no shouting.

Somewhere in this we got into impugning people's character and motives if we didn't like their ideas. We gotta get back to just debating ideas.

It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.

The level of discourse in this country is falling to a depth that cannot be sustained.

My hope is that we would begin to have a dialogue in this country about the importance of civility. We can have strong differences, but it does seem to me that most of the country believes it's gone to critical mass in what I would call the professional class across the political spectrum - left and right.

It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.

We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal.

I have healthy disagreements with political parties I'm not aligned with, but I don't think it should be to the point where we're cursing and trying to strangle each other.

I don't think that any campaign is ennobled by people trading insults.

I think people are kind of tired of the really amped-up rhetoric that passes for a lot of political dialogue, and they appreciate the fact that that's not the way we are participating in this process.

We all lose when bullying and personal attacks become a substitute for genuine conversation and principled disagreement.

We have to stay away from the personal attacks. I think it turns off a lot of Canadians.

I don't believe that using inflammatory rhetoric on either side of a debate is productive.

When members of this House use inflammatory language, use offensive language, it does not help the process. It is beneath the dignity of this body and this country.

All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal to me in the course of debate. I despise the arrogance and doting self-regard so frequently found among the very bright.

You don't hear me lambasting, engaging in personal attacks, getting nasty. I don't think that belongs in politics.

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

No language is rude that can boast polite writers.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.

Our civilization is becoming less civil. You don’t have the right to demonize somebody just because they disagree with you.

Public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.