Dick Durbin Quotes

At the end of the day, we can talk about anything but we have to be respectful.

Respect for the rights of others means peace.

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

More idiots should just shut their mouths.

People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.

Learning to live with offence is the price of living in a diverse society.

If you have respect for people's rights, you will have peace.

Freedom of expression is the foundation of a civil society …. This will come.

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.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

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

I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

I think that the basic philosophy was very good. It was just be nice to each other, and don't step on other people's toes and infringe on their freedom.

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

Everybody's opinion is equally valid, and I feel like everybody should have an opportunity to speak out, and everyone should have the courage to speak out.

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.

I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.

When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.

True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if you tell them, clearly and civility, why you think they are totally, utterly and disastrously wrong.

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