Vikram Seth Quotes

You would better educate ten women into the practice of liberal principles than to organize a thousand on a platform of intolerance and bigotry.

Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.

There's nothing I love more in life than turning around a bigot.

True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion.

Too small is our world to allow discrimination, bigotry and intolerance to thrive in any corner of it, let alone in the United States of America.

Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.

Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.

Adapting the law to the needs of believers has long been part of the American ethos of inclusivity, but lately 'religious liberty' is being invoked to justify intolerance.

A religion, even if it calls itself a religion of love, must be hard and unloving to those who do not belong to it

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

The phrases ‘religious liberty’ and ‘religious freedom’ will stand for nothing except hypocrisy so long as they remain code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, Christian supremacy or any form of intolerance.

Whenever you're specific with ethnicity or religion, people find reason to take offence.

I have noticed encouraging signs in the fight against religious intolerance, and I am impressed by the outstanding degree of human rights activism in India.

Those who only tolerate people they agree with or like aren't actually tolerant.

I think it's important to condemn that. There's a line, and if you have a racial - racist comment, no, somebody has to act upon it.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me.

Same sex marriage is a disgrace to the nation and to God. When I was growing up, ‘ungqingili’ [homosexuals in isiZulu] could not stand in front of me, I would knock him out.

If you see bigotry, oppose it.

Don't go to the dark side. Don't go bashing immigrants or Muslims.

No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.

As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution.

People don't talk about religion a lot in Hollywood because it's not an incredibly safe place to do it.

Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.

It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.