E. B. White Quotes

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.

I think everybody's the same. I think we're all entitled to our space, and I like to treat everybody like that.

If you have respect for people's rights, you will have peace.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting.

My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

It's just better to promote love and fairness and equality than it is to promote something you think is based on your religious beliefs.

Modern liberal societies cannot be based on a simple assertion of group identity - the very idea of the rule of law, of equal legal treatment for everyone regardless of religion, wealth, gender or ethnicity, conflicts with it.

No man can rely upon any permanent security for his own rights unless he respects the rights of his neighbors.

I looked at the world with the humaneness, I think, which is one of the hallmarks of being liberal in my mind.

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

We need to respect free speech, but we need to respect one another's rights to free speech, too.

If democracy is to be an articulation of mutual respect, a leader in a democracy leads by showing respect to all.

I have nothing but respect for RuPaul, but it's impossible for me to be happy working with people who don't treat others the way they want to be treated.

For me, I treat everyone like an equal.

Aren't we all human? Don't we all deserve to be respected and treated equally?

My philosophy is to treat people how you want to be treated.

Every person has to be respected.

I don't like any kind of negativity. I try to be good to everyone, whether it's a love, a friend, an ex. I'll always try to treat people the way I want to be treated.

One of the lines from my books is about having respect for different minds, and if I had to have an epitaph at this point in my life, that would be it.