Quotes About Tolerance

I've been strongly opposed to racial discrimination and anything like that my whole life. Maybe it's thanks to my parents and where I grew up and that sort of thing, but particularly with gay and lesbian citizens, I've seen that people can be cruel, and it's very distressing.

Love is something in the heart and in the mind, so why would you chastise anyone for that? And this is something that I feel very strongly about.

I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.

Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity.

The pluralist society must be pragmatic. It does not say that 'God is dead.' It does not say that 'God is alive.' It says if we are to answer the question of how we can live together then we must remain agnostic on all such matters - at least so far as our civic association is structured.

I've learned that no matter what I do, people are going to have their opinions.

Of course there are always exceptions, but opinions are not to be feared.

At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful.

I wouldn't impress my opinions on anyone.

We just have to get over the fact that, yes, people are not going to be the same. They're not going to look the same, they're not going to have the same opinions because we're all unique.

People who are for diversity of thought, actually, are okay with hearing some opinions that they don't like. I quite literally see none of that on the Left.

The Left sees no place for differing opinions.

People's opinions, you've got to respect them.

I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.

If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.

I support the rights of all people and oppose discrimination and intolerance against the LGBTQ community. I see this as a matter of basic human rights.

I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.

I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.

Oppression is more easily endured than insult.

You could be a woman in Alabama who's a conservative Christian, or you could be a total crunchy-granola woman in Seattle and 20 years old, and both of you would watch Oprah.

I am a secular man who believes in inclusion, so balance comes across organically.

We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it.

I am a very firm believer in the Aloha spirit - respect and love for everyone, irrespective of their religion, race, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation.