Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Quotes

We don't have to let extremists define us.

It's very alarming to see what's happening in the Muslim world. And it's about time we come to our senses and realize that moderation is the only path that will ensure peace and stability for the Muslim world, and for the wider world.

You're always going to have extremists in every religion.

The loudest voices both in the U.S. and abroad often are those that preach hatred and exclusion. But hatred and exclusion will not bring employment.

Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.

Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.

We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people.

Maine is a lot of things but one thing it will never be is the headquarters for hate groups and organizations of bigots.

Yes, we do have extremists and fanatics, just like the rest of the world. Our first step should be to stop denying this fact. And our second step should be to confront these extremists. We must tell them that they are part of a system, and that they have to respect the voice of the majority…

That differences of race, color, and creed are natural, and that diverse groups, institutions, and ideas are stimulating factors in the development of man; That to promote harmony in diversity is a responsible task of religion and statesmanship; That since no individual can express the whole truth, it is essential to treat with understanding and good will those whose views differ from our own; That by the testimony of history intolerance is the door to violence, brutality and dictatorship; and That the realization of human interdependence and solidarity is the best guard of civilization.

Nothing inspires greater tolerance from the intolerant than an abundance of common and unifying beliefs, practices, rituals, institutions, and processes.

There is no place for any kind of extremism in society.

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms

Mere human beings cant afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even about justice or loyalty. The fanatic for justice ends by murdering a million helpless people to clear a space for his law-courts. If we are to survive on this planet, there must be compromises.

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.

Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.

Please remember we all come from the same one and we will all return to that one, so there is no reason for fighting.

In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us.

Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie.

We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

I write a world where everyone is partly right.

In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love one's enemies. A tall order, that - perhaps the tallest of all.