Quotes About Tolerance

Every community is important in its own way and every community has its place within our country. But there is some integration between communities, that is a beautiful thing.

I don't have any intention to be anti-gay or to persecute the gay community.

It's not my intention to have anything at all to do with violence.

Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

We have to accept the world has become this place where we have to interact with people who are very different from us.

You have to be able to interact with people whose politics you disagree with.

I know that when we interact with those we fear and hate, we will find commonality.

The world is far more interconnected today. Hence the need to understand each other is greater than ever before.

I think a lot about our globalized world, our global interconnectedness, and it really saddens me when I see people 'othering,' when I see people who are willing to live narrowly.

Being a global citizen makes you a more interesting person.

When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.

As I see it, religion shouldn't interfere in a relationship.

I am not someone who interferes in the love life of others.

Some people cannot believe there is an alternative interpretation of the Bible aside from their own.

I hate rules. I hate government intervention. Just live and let live, man.

There are a lot of people who don't grow limp with hatred when they're kept waiting. I know a whole bunch of people who don't consider the concept of fifteen minutes time at all. So if they say they'll meet you at 11:00 and they show up at 11:25, they apologize (if they remember) for being ten minutes late—the other fifteen minutes never existed and there is some sort of common understanding among most people that those fifteen minutes are a grace period.

In a world without religious freedom, civil rights, or free speech—the colonial world of the 1630s that was the seed of the modern United States—Anne Hutchinson was an American visionary, pioneer, and explorer who epitomized the religious freedom and tolerance that are essential to the nation's character.

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.

To understand all is to forgive all.

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

Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.

Forgive those who are ignorant. -Bit-tik

I could be patient. I could. If they'd hurry up.

But the old are more resilient than you think. They get used to bad indigestion, putting up with arthritis, gout, gammy legs, bad backs, you name it. They almost expect to hurt.