George Soros Quotes

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.

That's the beauty of democracy — you believe what you believe, I believe what I believe, and as long as we're not hurting each other, that's fine. Placing a value judgment on a person's beliefs has no place in a democracy.

An open society is always in danger. It must constantly reaffirm its principles in order to survive.

In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.

Any open society that tolerates intolerance, sees tolerance disappear and the tolerant along with it.

A free society means that you might have to put up with a lot of things you despise.

If every inhabitant of a liberal democracy believes in liberal democracy, then it doesn't matter what creed or colour they are.

I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.

Life in cyberspace seems to be shaping up exactly like Thomas Jefferson would have wanted: founded on the primacy of individual liberty and a commitment to pluralism, diversity, and community.

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.

Liberty resides in the rights of those people whose views we find most odious.

We have taken the idea of tolerance so far that we have to put up with intolerance.

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

We are a country based on democracy, tolerance, and openness to the world.

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

If the so called 'democratic' individuals out there really believe in their talk about diversity, they should let those with truly different opinions be allowed to talk freely in public, too.

I am an ardent believer in a free, democratic and inclusive society, and the robust exchange of views that is essential to tolerance.

We're all not going to agree on the same things, but that's what makes this country so great.

The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance.

Somehow, defending my liberal values of free speech, liberty, and rights of the individual has become a conservative position.

Liberalism must be intolerant of every sort of intolerance.

One has to strive for a very open liberal society.

Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution.

Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity. And part of that activity is honesty.

Our country is the most generous, open, tolerant, and democratic in the world.