Civility
in sentence
156 examples of Civility in a sentence
The welcome return to
civility
is not, therefore, a return to mutual trust.
Many Chinese support government censorship: They see it as a way to maintain
civility
and order.
An academic by profession, Abbas has tried mightily to lead the Palestinian people with civility, adherence to democratic principles, and public disdain for violence.
Palestinian rivals, both from his own Fatah party and from the Islamists of Hamas, as well as the Israelis, perceived Abbas’s
civility
as weakness.
For one thing, they increase the personalization of political power, which can overwhelm established codes of
civility.
Yet there was a
civility
to that era’s public debate that is nowhere to be found today.
Civility
in politics is not simply political confectionery.
While Obama would likely restore
civility
and politeness to transatlantic discourse, the sources of friction are more profound.
Who are Le Pen and Mélénchon trying to kid in feigning concern for public
civility
when they only fan resentment and hostility?
Newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena and I, as prime minister, are determined to win that peace, and to help our country become what it always should have been: a prosperous Asian island of democracy, civility, and open society.
Now that peace has returned and is accepted as a daily aspect of life, let no one doubt Georgia's will to establish the conditions and institutions of an enduring
civility
and prosperity.
But, strange irony, this
civility
is due to the remnants of the social protections left behind by the distinctly uncivilized communists.
As communities of speech and debate, universities are vulnerable to disruption, which is why civility, as Summers rightly emphasizes, must be upheld.
The future still belongs to the universal values of civility, reason, and the rule of law.
After all, America and Britain’s democracies are older, with more deeply entrenched cultures of political
civility.
There is a growing recognition that the values he and his administration reflect are the antithesis of what America has long stood for - the values of an open society, in which differences of view are freely debated within a culture of
civility
and mutual respect for the rights of all.
In his rush to enrich himself and consolidate power, while abandoning all
civility
and decorum, he has shown contempt for the separation of powers, the freedom of the press, the norms of governance, and the rule of law.
America After the ElectionNEW YORK – The ongoing presidential campaign in the United States stands out for its lack of
civility
and the vast differences between the candidates: the anti-establishment businessman Donald Trump on the Republican side and the polished politician Hillary Clinton representing the Democrats.
To stop such dreams from becoming political nightmares, something more is needed than technocratic expertise, or calls for
civility
and moderation.
Suddenly, bigotry became respectable, and animosity toward Muslims, previously concealed under a veneer of civility, became an electoral asset.
In the 2018 op-ed, Anonymous lamented that America had “sunk low with [Trump] and allowed our discourse to be stripped of civility.”
The puzzle is why ordinary Americans – though by no means the majority of them – support US President Donald Trump, who, unlike them, seems to have little interest in kindness, civility, and empathy, and little concern for the marginalized and the different.
As in private life, respect and
civility
go a long way in international relations.
For the first time, he was received by them with
civility.
'Faith!' said Julien, 'the end justifies the means; if, instead of being a mere atom, I had any power, I would hang three men to save the lives of four.'His eyes expressed the fire of conscience and a contempt for the vain judgments of men; they met those of Mademoiselle de La Mole who stood close beside him, and this contempt, instead of changing into an air of gracious civility, seemed to intensify.
On entering the room, the peddler relieved himself from his burden, which, as it stood on the floor, reached nearly to his shoulders, and saluted the family with modest
civility.
Even Lawton would have been perfectly happy, had not excess of
civility
on the part of his host and Miss Jeanette Peyton kept him from the more agreeable occupation of tasting dishes he did want, in order to decline those he did not.
The first discovery I made here was, that the family were all Roman Catholics, and the cousin too, whom I called my friend; however, I must say that nobody in the world could behave better to me, and I had all the
civility
shown me that I could have had if I had been of their opinion.
I now grew big, and the people where I lodged perceived it, and began to take notice of it to me, and, as far as
civility
would allow, intimated that I must think of removing.
Here the captain offered us a civility, which indeed we had no reason to expect, namely, to let us go on shore and refresh ourselves, upon giving our words in a solemn manner that we would not go from him, and that we would return peaceably on board again.
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