Intolerance Quotes
We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.
I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.
I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.
No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.
We must overcome...all forms of racism. The problem of intolerance should be dealt with as a whole: every time a minority is persecuted and marginalized...the good of the whole society is in danger.
I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.
I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice.
As believers we all have an opportunity and moral obligation to recognize our spiritual common ground; to rise above our differences; to combat prejudice and intolerance.
It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.
Ignorance, intolerance, egotism, self-assertion, opaque perception, dense and pitiful chuckle headedness - and an almost pathetic unconsciousness of it all, that is what I was at nineteen and twenty.
In every religion, there are those who would drape themselves in the mantle of belief and faith only to distort it's most sacred teachings - preaching intolerance and resorting to violence.
House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all.
If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.
The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.
Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.
Ignorance and its hand-maidens, prejudice, intolerance, suspicion of our fellowman, breed dictators and breed wars.
Our society's obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture.
It may be possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism seperately, but when they come together there is no hope.
Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.
By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.
Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning
The intolerance of the few, or the risk of it, carries the day against the wider humanity of the many.
Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish.
The enemy is not fundamentalism; it is intolerance. In this case, the intolerance is perverse since it masquerades under the "liberal" rhetoric of "equal time." But mistake it not.
One must never underestimate the profound bigotry and anti-intellectualism and intolerance and illiberality of liberalism.
For all the injustices in our past and our present, we have to believe that in the free exchange of ideas, justice will prevail over injustice, tolerance over intolerance and progress over reaction.
We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others - both human and animal.
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.
Liberating tolerance, then, would mean intolerance against movements from the Right, and toleration of movements from the Left.
Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.
