A Quote by Sandra Day O'Connor

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable. — © Sandra Day O'Connor
Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship.
It's hard to hate up close. The more you get to know each other, the more common ground you can find and the more you can disagree without being disagreeable.
If we must disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.
You can disagree without being disagreeable.
I think the best of us comes when we are working together collectively. And it doesn't mean that we can't disagree. We've got to learn, as Dad taught us, to disagree without being disagreeable.
We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.
You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.
Dad knew how to disagree without being disagreeable or rude.
It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.
Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."
If I have my opinion about something, you have your opinion about something, we don't have to fight over it. And we can have a conversation. We can also disagree without being disagreeable, and we can just disagree, which is fine. It doesn't mean that I don't like you, or you don't like me. We just disagree.
If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.
One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable
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.
Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.
I'm determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That's part of the empathy. Empathy doesn't just extend to cute little kids. You have to have empathy when you're talking to some guy who doesn't like black people.
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