Naomi Wolf Quotes

Humor can help you to disagree without being disagreeable. The key in democracy is not necessarily that we agree, but that we participate....Despite all the heavy problems- domestic and international- there is humor. Humor transcends partisanship.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

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

America remains an open society in which opposing forces can surface and clash, a necessary precondition for their solution.

Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

The goal of any worthwhile and effective journal of opinion analysis in navigating what is an increasingly tribal and divisive period in American history should be to promote real debate. That does not mean retreating to our corners and pretending that, if we ignore the perspectives we don't like, they will magically go away.

I would love it if everybody in America agreed with me on every issue. I can't get my wife to agree with me on every issue, let alone the American people. It's called democracy. That's what it's about.

If people disagree with me and want to articulate it, that's not only their right but almost their obligation.

Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."

My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had written some articles disagreeing with his policies, or even given interviews, as long as I was respectful and civil.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil.

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.

Sure, I've met with people I don't agree with.

Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way.

No matter how much we disagree with people, demonising them doesn't get us anywhere; it merely indicates a closed mind.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

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

It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach.

Let's not demonize people who don't happen to agree with us.