Jamie Dimon Quotes

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

Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

I'm all for a passionate debate, and sometimes things can be heated, which is fine, up to a point. As long as we remember that we are human beings.

I'm always suspicious of politics dividing people instead of bringing them together.

We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.

I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world - You're on this side, I'm on that side; you're a Republican, I'm a Democrat; you're country music, I'm rock music.

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.

At the end of the day, Americans are not so keen on ideologues, people who have such fixed positions that they can't see any virtue in the other side's point of view.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

The Republican and Democratic parties have accomplished an amazing feat with the red state/blue state paradigm. They've convinced everyone that regardless of how bad they are, the other guy is worse.

I want there to be a level of respect between everybody.

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them' - he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

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.

America, I am a strong believer that how we treat each other matters.

I think America is going to have to think through whether it wants to uplift the political dialogue or advance an approach that divides and, frankly, can lead to violence.

I think that liberals need to grow up.

We will not agree on every issue. But let us respect those differences and respect one another. Let us recognize that we do not serve an ideology or a political party; we serve the people.

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

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.

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

Happy the generation where the great listen to the small, for it follows that in such a generation the small will listen to the great.

We must learn that we can disagree with each other without becoming deadly enemies.

You treat everyone with respect even though you don’t know them and even though you do not agree with them.

There are some in Congress who would rather see their opponents lose than see their country win. That has got to stop…. They must find a way to put country ahead of party.

We need less bipartisanship in Congress.