Sidney Hook Quotes

We have taken the idea of tolerance so far that we have to put up with intolerance.

Any open society that tolerates intolerance, sees tolerance disappear and the tolerant along with it.

Today the only thing which is not tolerated is intolerance.

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

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

Dear sisters and brothers, I am not against anyone.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

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.

I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.

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

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

I'm surprised at the extent of the bigotry. But it really plays out when companies or schools take a side and prohibit the other platform at all. We Mac users should be good even when the other side is bad. We should do what we can to accept the other platforms.

We are a trading corporation, not a body of sectarian propagandists, and therefore discourage any intolerance.

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.

India has rarely been a judgemental society... We respect each other's identity - whether born of region, language or faith; or even the absence of faith.

If tolerance is the best we can do in this moment, then by all means let's be tolerant. But by stopping there, by merely tolerating each other, we miss so much.

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

We are one of the most tolerant societies in the world, and in order to stay tolerant, my party believes that we should stop being tolerant to the people who are intolerant to us.

I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and a few who I believe to be robots. All of them are people to me. In my mind, it's not about what you look like or what you do; it's about who you are inside.

Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution.

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.

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

It is not necessary to deny another's reality in order to affirm your own.

Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent.