Quotes About Tolerance

Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.

I became quite a diva, and intolerant, and people knew when I was not pleased. Some people were afraid of me, and other people just kind of blew me off. But I wasn't making any friends. I only had one person who remained my friend, and he was my boyfriend for a while. Even though I told him I was gay, he was like, 'That's alright.'

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family.

It saddens me that Christians need to be reminded that awe is owed also to those who disagree with them, who believe otherwise than they do.

Replace judgment with curiosity.

Fundamentalists from every religion have to be replaced, have to be disempowered.

I've read some amazingly derogatory things about me over the years and I've sat there and thought: if you replaced 'ginger' with 'black' or even 'Asian,' you'd be up in front of a judge.

I think the reason these readers come back to me is because I represent their points of view. It may not be my point of view, but that's OK. Everyone still deserves to have their say.

Those who promote hatred, bigotry, and fear do not represent America and do not represent us.

That's the biggest thing I struggle with. We could never hope to represent every gay person in America. There will be people who will say, 'Well, my experience of being gay isn't like that,' to which I can only say, 'That's fine.'

I served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and currently serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Yet I still experience people telling me to 'go back' to China or North Korea or Japan. Like many immigrants, I have learned to brush off this racist insult.

The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.

Prejudice has no hold in this Republic.

Whether you are Republican or Democrat or liberal or conservative, we should never, never, never allow ourselves emotionally to interfere with another person's right to express themselves.

I know nothing about Christianity, nothing about football, and I'm not a Republican.

As a Republican, I know that myself and the overwhelming majority of the Republicans I have served or interacted with understand that Americans have different beliefs, and they have the right to voice those beliefs.

I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.

If something becomes mean-spirited and hurtful, it's not funny.

I don't want to be hurtful to anyone.

I don't feel the need to say hurtful comments true or not to someone and try to bring them down. There is no good that can come out of that, nothing positive.

Hey, if something is making you feel good, and it's not hurting anyone else, does it really matter if others believe?

As long as I'm not hurting anybody, I don't think that anything I do is wrong.

I think as long as you're not being malicious and you're not hurting people then you should not be ashamed of what you do.

If you want to get married to a man, then get married to a man. If two women want to get married, they should get married. It's not hurting me.