Max Hastings Quotes

I wouldn't characterise myself as a bleeding heart liberal, whatever that is.

You do not have to be a wastrel to be a liberal.

I'm a progressive.

I am a social liberal.

I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.

I'm a liberal Democrat, and I state that proudly.

I'm happy to be called a liberal.

I have started using the expression 'compassionate activism': It's about keeping my heart open so that I can understand the point of view of the other person.

I'm a liberal - and I'm not running from that word!

I am proud to be a progressive.

I think if you listen to my album, you could probably gather that I am not the most gung-ho conservative-ideology-leaning person.

You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.

Different people have different opinions, and it's okay to respect all of them.

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of a narrow mind, of an uncultivated intelligence. Bigotry is always ignorant, and the wise boy, who will become the wise man, tries to understand and to see the truth in ideas with which he does not agree.

I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.

Our democratic richness arrives when we're able to comprehend our collective humanity accurately.

It's a tragedy, in a way, that Americans are brought up to think that they cannot feel for other people and other beings just because they are different. They think they're different. It's very limiting.

I want people to understand that there is a group of Christians out there who want to be more open and understanding and tolerant and loving of all kinds of people, even the people that don't believe in God at all.

I have no patience for anyone who thinks they've figured things out, no patience for people who think they're right at the expense of everyone else. The world is too connected and too complicated to conform to any of our rigid ideas of what it should be like.

If you love someone, you love someone. It doesn't matter; age, colour, c'mon!

I do not think the American peoples are idiots. They are a very playful and sensitive people! I know them!

I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not.

You can be for someone without being against someone else.

All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.