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It
does me no injury for my
neighbor to say there are
twenty
Gods, or no God.
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Laws
alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that
every person present his or her views without penalty there must be a spirit
of tolerance in the entire population.
Albert Einstein
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If
humans are to survive, we will have learned to take
a delight in the essential differences between people
and between cultures. We will learn that differences in
ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting
variety, not something to fear.
Gene Roddenberry
Tolerance
only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all.
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If
you accept others as equals, you embrace them unconditionally,
now and forever. But if you let them know that you tolerate them,
you suggest in the same breath that they are actually an
inconvenience,
like a nagging pain or an unpleasant odour you are willing to
disregard.
Arthur Japin
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We need
to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the
peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our
efforts to
build peace and development than a world divided along
religious,
ethnic or cultural lines. In each nation, and among all
nations, we must
work to promote unity based on our shared humanity.
Kofi Annan
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It's
a universal law--intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate
education.
An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience,
whereas truly profound education breeds humility.
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
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What is
tolerance?--it is the consequence of humanity. We are
all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each
other's folly--that is the first law of nature.
Voltaire
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The only
hope of preserving what
is best, lies in the practice of an
immense charity, a wide tolerance,
a sincere respect for opinions
that are not ours.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
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Tolerance is giving to every
other human being
every right that you claim for yourself.
Robert G. Ingersoll
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Tolerance and
celebration of individual differences
are the fire that fuels lasting love.
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Tolerance comes of
age. I see no fault committed that I myself
could not have committed at some time or other.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Tolerance
implies no lack of commitment to
one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the
oppression or persecution of others.
John F. Kennedy
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The
test of courage comes when we are in the minority.
The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
Ralph W. Sockman
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Collective
fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity
toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
Bertrand Russell
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Unlimited tolerance must
lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we
extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we
are not
prepared to defend a tolerant society. . . then the tolerant will be
destroyed,
and tolerance with them. . . We should therefore claim, in the name
of
tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
Karl R. Popper
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Let
us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging
concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak
of mutual understanding and mutual respect.
Dominique Pire |
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Ultimately, America's answer
to the intolerant man is diversity, the very
diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Robert F. Kennedy |
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The
human family is very diverse, with many different beliefs and
cultures and ways of life. Many conflicts in our world are
caused
when people are intolerant of the ways that others see the world.
Learning tolerance is an important cornerstone to creating a better
world.
Robert Alan Silverstein |
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It
is thus tolerance that is the source of peace,
and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
Pierre Bayle |
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Tolerance,
a term which we sometimes use in place of the words
respect, mercy, generosity, or forbearance, is the most
essential element of moral systems; it is a very important source
of spiritual discipline and a celestial virtue of perfected people.
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I think we can aim a
little higher than mere tolerance. Think about
it: Saying "I tolerate you" actually means
something like, "Okay, I grudgingly admit that you have
a right to exist, just don't get in my face about it, and
oh, don't date my sister." There's not a religion
in the world that asks you to "tolerate thy
neighbor." So let's try for something a little
more like acceptance, respect, friendship, and yes, even
love. And why does this matter? Because, in our
aspiration to relevance, in our love for our families, in
our desire to contribute, to make this world a better place,
despite all our differences, we are all the same.
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Tolerance
becomes a crime when applied to evil.
Thomas Mann
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The responsibility of tolerance
lies with those who have the wider vision.
George Eliot
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Love
is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting
more and
more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each
other,
we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things
that we don't like. We can only live together in that
way. But if we are
to live together, and not die together, we must learn a kind of
charity
and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the
continuation of human life on this planet.
Bertrand Russell
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