Ed Schultz Quotes

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

I think you can be in disagreement with a president you support without being disrespectful or nasty or snide.

There is a way to disagree with someone, but it doesn't have to be threatening.

I'm not joining in personal attacks... I don't do personal attacks.

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

I have already said and will continue to say that I won't respond to personal abuse, and I never make any personal abuse, ever, to anybody. I just don't do that kind of politics.

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 think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

The crucial part of a citizens' culture is learning to correct others without mistreating them or generating aggression. We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.

Liberalism is: To indulge in personal attacks, pick quarrels, vent personal spite or seek revenge instead of entering into an argument and struggling against incorrect views for the sake of unity or progress or getting the work done properly

We're living in a time where I think most people are wanting someone to invite them respectfully to a policy position, not try to just slash and burn the other person.

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.

If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly.

Elected officials need to stop with the name calling and hateful statements.

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

I have no problem with people challenging my views and my positions. I want to be clear that I'm not asking anybody to stop challenging me. But I will not accept being called an anti-Semite.

Despite the occasional high decibel level, 'The Group' is not a shout fest. I don't simply want panelists with opposing opinions trying to out-shout one another.

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.

You can disagree without being disagreeable.

Disagreement on issues doesn't mean 'dissension.' All it means is that honest men can differ in their approach. You lay out your positions, and president makes a decision.

You can disagree without being disagreeable.

Negative personal attacks have no place in public life and serve to erode public confidence in our basic institutions of government.

You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.

There is no civil discourse left and it is really sad.