Quotes About Tolerance

Bear and forbear.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

In essentials, unity; in differences, liberty; in all things, charity.

Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest

Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.

Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.

Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

We have freedom to demonstrate in Germany, but there is no place for incitement and insulting people who come to us from other countries.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Conveniently the opportunity to take that step is all around us every day.

Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them.

I believe for freedom. I believe that people should express themselves the way they want, except as it does in the way that's not nice, but it is what it is.

Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech.

Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs

Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent.

An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.