If you take epitaphs seriously, we ought to bury the living and resurrect the dead.
Twain, Mark
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Tolerance Quotations Click  The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.Acton, Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg 'The History of Freedom in Antiquity' A State which is incompetent to satisfy different races condemns itself; a State which does not include them is destitute of the chief basis of self-government.Acton, Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg 'Essays on Freedom and Power' It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of othersAddison, Joseph Half the trouble with modern man is that he is educated to understand foreign languages and misunderstand foreigners. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.Dubos, Rene Celebrations of Life (1981) Toleration is a good thing in its place, but you cannot tolerate what will not tolerate you, and is trying to cut your throat.Froude, James Anthony Tolerance comes with age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von We tend to idealize tolerance, then wonder why we find ourselves infested with losers and nut cases.Hayden, Patrick Nielsen We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.Inge, Dean William Ralph Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.Kennedy, John Fitzgerald If we cannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.Kennedy, John Fitzgerald As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.McCarthy, Eugene Joseph We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.Mill, John Stuart Essay: On Liberty, 1859 Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but it is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it. The one is the pope, armed with fire and fagot, and the other is the pope selling or granting indulgences.Paine, Thomas What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is plurality, death is uniformity.Paz, Octavio It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.Samuel, Viscount Herbert Louis Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.Santayana, George « Previous Page | Next Page » |
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