Erin O'Toole Quotes

The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.

People of faith, people of no faith, people of different faith, that's what America is all about; it's bringing that diversity into and challenge of the different ideas that motivate people in our country. That's what makes America work.

I understand that not everyone shares my faith and some find it difficult to reconcile with their own beliefs.

I have the utmost respect for the different faiths professed by my fellow men.

I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree.

I lead a multi-faith life.

Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.

… tolerance is essential to protect one's own religion and one's own deeply held religious beliefs from external manipulation or efforts to overcome them, perhaps from other religions that are pushing in the opposite direction. That is the basic reason for religious tolerance.

We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.

I respect every religion.

Within the Green Party, we have candidates from every faith and religion and a lot who don't believe there is a God and wonder why anyone would be so foolish as to think so. And everyone is respected and welcome.

If one person comes in and says, this is the way life should be, I think you're asking for chaos. I think you gotta let different people live different ways. It's a big world.

Jews are no longer pressed and obliged to fight, hide or deny their Jewishness. What for? No one actually requires today to abandon the idiosyncrasy of some other culture or ethnic tradition. The great achievement of this last period is that we have been slowly, sometimes reluctantly, yet steadily, learning the art of living with differences.

It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us.

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.

If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.

I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

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

I wasn't raised with a specific religion. I wasn't raised to judge people in any way.

There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.

And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn't mean I think that you should.

I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to turn my back on the tenets of my faith and reject the tenets of my faith when it comes to homosexuality.

I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.

Toleration is the best religion.

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies.