John Dewey Quotes

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.

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

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

My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society.

Happy the generation where the great listen to the small, for it follows that in such a generation the small will listen to the great.

If you want help from partners, that means listening to them every once in a while.

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

Through a respectful exchange of ideas and emphasis on shared goals, I am confident we can put many of our disagreements behind us to ensure a better future for all Americans.

Being a parent to my daughters, son to my parents, and friends to many people, I would wish for a society that's fair to everyone, that's free of prejudice and as non-divisive as possible.

If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

The reality is we talk a lot about it, but we really don't give everyone an opportunity to buy into it, and this combines both the best of Republican and Democratic ideals.

However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

We, as Americans, do our level best to avoid being cruel to one another; we're led out of a diverse nation to come together and learn how to live with one another in a way that elevates everyone and our way of life. We've tried mightily to renew and imagine - imagine anew what it means to be free, what it means to be fair.

If we have any hope for survival of the music that we all love, compassion must replace name-calling, fairness must replace greed, and we need to come together as a musical community and try to understand each other's problems.

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

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.

We must display a heart for every American, and a special passion for those still on the first rung of life's ladder.

Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together.