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"Laws
alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his
views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population."
-- Albert Einstein
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This
world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and
be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. -- Dwight
D. Eisenhower
"in
the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed
by the binding force of mutual respect and love." -- Dwight
D. Eisenhower
The responsibility
of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision. -- George Eliot
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Nuremberg
taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a long and
arduous task. And I also learned that if we did not devote ourselves to developing
effective world law, the same cruel mentality that made the Holocaust possible
might one day destroy the entire human race." -- Benjamin
Ferencz, Nuremberg prosecutor
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The
best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to
a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to
your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to
all men, charity.” -- Benjamin
Franklin
Nonviolence, therefore,
can be described as an honest and diligent pursuit of truth. It could also mean
the search for the meaning of life or the purpose of life, questions that have
tormented humankind for centuries. The fact that we have not been able to find
satisfactory answers to these questions does not mean there is no answer. It only
means we have not searched with any degree of honesty. The search has to be both
external and internal. We seek to ignore this crucial search because the sacrifices
it demands are revolutionary. It means moving away from greed, selfishness, possessiveness,
and dominance to love, compassion, understanding, and respect. -- Arun
Gandhi
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Anger
and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.
-- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
Intolerance
betrays want of faith in one's cause.
--
Mohandas
Gandhi
Intolerance
is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the
growth of a true democratic spirit. -- Mohandas
Gandhi
Once
one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no
knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone
has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred
is violence to the heart.
--
Mohandas
Gandhi
Tolerance
comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed
at some time or other. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Let
us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance
with understanding and compassion. And love. ~ Jane
Goodall
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Let
us develop respect for all living things. Let us try
to replace violence and intolerance with understanding
and compassion. And love.
~ Jane
Goodall
tolerance is our safest
refuge and our fortress against the handicaps that arise from schism, factions,
and the difficulties inherent in reaching mutual agreement -- M.
Fethullah Gülen
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Tolerance,
a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity,
or forbearance, is the most essential element of moral systems; it is a very important
source of spiritual discipline and a celestial virtue of perfected people. --
M. Fethullah Gülen
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Freedom
goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect. --
Xanana
Gusmão
Freedom
means to build a democratic system enshrined with the respect for fundamental
rights of Man, of the human being, of the individuals. -- Xanana
Gusmão
"The only hope of
preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance,
a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours." --Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Tolerance
and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love.
-- Tom Hannah
Intolerance
is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority
without personal boasting. -- Sidney J. Harris
The
problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence
for different traditions. -- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Respect—not
tolerance—must be our goal if we would diminish prejudice in our time. --
Selma G. Hirsch
It
is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and
judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires
uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom. -- Dee Hock
The
remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto
others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are
tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive
ourselves. -- Eric Hoffer
"Toleration
is the best religion."
-- Victor Hugo
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"Let
me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts
and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And
at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue. -- King
Hussein of Jordan
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. -- Yahya Jammeh
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I
never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right
of inquiry into the religious opinions of others. -- Thomas
Jefferson
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How
do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance
-- the one value that is indispensable in creating community. -- Barbara
Jordan
We,
as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
-- Barbara Jordan