Tolerance Quotes

“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”

“We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance.”

“Tolerance without dialogue is a euphemism for indifference.”

“The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision”

“Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”

“Tolerance”

“Tolerant people are the happiest, so why not get rid of prejudices that hold you back?”

“People who are intolerant, categorize and over-react... should all be dragged against a wall and shot.”

“Theological condemnation of others, which breaks off fellowship in either judgment or contempt, is impermissible.”

“Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.”

“Tolerating someone means accepting their right to exist on the condition that they don’t disturb us too, too much.”

“An intolerant sect has no right to complain when it is denied an equal liberty. … A person’s right to complain is limited to principles he acknowledges himself.”

“If tolerance is taken to the point where it tolerates the destruction of those same principles that made tolerance possible in the first place, it becomes intolerable.”

“Neither tolerance nor intolerance is grounded in science and reason, but they are themselves acts of faith grounded in social custom and the politics of expediency and power”

“Toleration, as it is now widely preached, may be a very one-sided bargain. It will not do to let falsehood and moral idiocy say to truth and honesty, "I will tolerate you if you will tolerate me."”

“Suppose there should be a law made that all black men should be imprisoned, it would be unreasonable. We have as little reason to quarrel with other men for being of different opinions than as for being of different complexions.”

“I could say analogously that tolerance is the affable appreciation of qualities, views, and actions of other individuals which are foreign to one`s own habits, beliefs, and tastes. Thus being tolerant does not mean being indifferent towards the actions and feelings of others. Understanding and empathy must also be present....”

“If men understood the plan of evolution, instead of working each for his own personal ends they would all join together as a community and work harmoniously for the good of all with mutual tolerance and forbearance. It is obvious that if this were done all of these evils would almost immediately cease or at any rate could very shortly be removed. p. 326”

“To my parents freedom meant above all, "Live and let live." They were willing to settle for tolerance. For the world in which you are going to live, tolerance will not be good enough. We are now in the "Live and help live" era of democracy. Like your immigrant grandparents who sent for those left behind, you will have to help others to cross over into freedom.”

“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 against the onslaught of the intolerant, 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.”