Erin O'Toole Quotes

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.

We must learn that we can disagree with each other without becoming deadly enemies.

I don't mind have an uncomfortable conversation if those uncomfortable conversations can lead to a bigger dialogue and help us get to a better understanding of whatever it is we are discussing.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas.

Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.

Hear the other side.

I've learned by hanging out in Hollywood, where I disagree politically with most people, that most people's hearts are in the right place, and the only thing we have to argue about is the way to solve the problems.

What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.

You don't get unity by ignoring the questions that have to be faced.

Let's not demonize people who don't happen to agree with us.

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

You don't promote the cause of peace by talking only to people with whom you agree.

If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to any sort of resolution to whatever the problem may be. Whether it's about race or sexual orientation or religion, if you can't empathize with the opposing party, then you can't really meet in the middle.

I think, in any debate, you have to respect the other person's point of view, if you agree or disagree.

I'm not asking you to be tolerant of each other. Tolerance is for cowards. Understand each other.

I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views.

Reasonable people can have differences.

Take heart, and be patient; change takes time but it is possible, and it's way more likely if we can reach out and disagree without demonizing.

I am tolerant. I want to understand other points of view.

Our differences needn't divide us, but unity takes work.

Those who know my stance on Israeli democracy also know that there is nothing more foreign to me than the rejection of a position different to my own.