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I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

I don't like controversy.

If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

I like controversy. The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is.

Civility is not simply about manners.

Throughout my political life, I've not been a stranger to controversy.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes are apt to sour one's temper and disturb one's quiet.