Quotes About Tolerance

Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

It may be shocking to some people in this country to realize that, without meaning to do so, they hold views in common with Hitler when they preach discrimination against other religious, racial or economic groups.

The more educated we are, the less we are prepared to tolerate views contrary to our own.

I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.

Turkey is a diverse country... I think that democracy is the ideal system for a country with a social foundation such as this. My view is based on my belief that everyone should be able to comfortably live what they believe, and this is only possible in a truly democratic environment. I am insistent in my views and I strongly believe in what I say.

Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.

I think it is important that we respect that women have different political views.

That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the minority, and which from an educational standpoint shall be satisfactory to the advisory board.

I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views.

We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.

When you run a company, you need to be pretty open-minded. There are a lot of different views on faith, on religion, on many different issues, and you can't let your own faith be the barometer.

Christians and religious individuals are quickly demonized and not tolerated by the dogmatic left if their views differ.

I'm an extreme libertarian, but I realize we're in a democracy, and in a democracy, people can have views of all stripes, and there's no reason to argue about it.

You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should not try to silence them, however repugnant you find them. That is the bitter pill free speech requires us to swallow.

Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them.

If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views.

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

Republicans aren't bad people. They've got some views that are legitimate... and I'd like to think they believe the same of me.

In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.

It's, like, bigots want to embrace me, and I politely take their arms from around my neck. I don't share their views - never have.

The right of free speech cannot be parceled out based on whether we want to hear what the speaker has to say or whether we agree with those views. It means, quite often, tolerating the expression of views that we find distasteful, perhaps even repugnant.

I'm very respectful of people's views. I know that they're deeply held, and I'd like to hope that people are respectful of my deeply held views.

We say to those few who seek to publicize anti-Semitic views that they shall find no safe haven here.