Ann Widdecombe Quotes

Just because you have a mouth and nobody is stopping you, you can't say whatever you want.

I don't aim to offend.

Civility does not mean surrender.

This is America, and everybody should have a right to say what they want to say. But I think there's a time and a place for it.

I believe in the First Amendment. But I also believe we should be mindful of how other people feel.

In all your movements, let nothing be evident that would offend the eyes of another.

I don't see myself as offending people.

I believe in the freedom of expression, unequivocally - though, as I have written before, I wish more people would understand that freedom of expression is not freedom from consequence.

There's no excuse for rudeness.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

It there is no check to the freedom of your words, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions.

I have no intention of offending somebody who writes a weekly column.

Above all gentlemen, not too much zeal.

The Islamic Resistance Movement does not allow slandering or speaking ill of individuals or groups

Among well-bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority

I understand the power of symbols, and if I had anything on my house that seriously offended someone, I'd take it down if for no other reason than common courtesy.

I believe in freedom of speech. I believe people have the right to say whatever they want to say. As long as they're ready to own what they say. Because there's a price to pay when you say something that's against the grain that is not correct.

It's not OK to condone violence because of free speech.

Free speech should never mean hate speech.

I think it's absolutely undeniable that nobody really advocates for complete total speech without any consequence or absolute freedom of expression. There's a line that most of us agree on somewhere.