Glenn Beck Quotes

Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as has well been said, 'the essential characteristic of true liberty is that under its shelter many different types of life and character and opinion and belief can develop unmolested and unobstructed.’

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

This is a free country, and to each their own.

I think of America not so much as a single country but as a constellation of groups out there competing for air time, energetically expressing themselves and luxuriating in their right to govern themselves. Freedom is that great vaunted word that's always applied to our country - and rightly so.

The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.

Commandment Number One of any truly civilized society is this: Let people be different.

The mission of our country is not to make other people like us but to enable them to be free to be themselves.

Freedom is found in pluralism.

A free society means that you might have to put up with a lot of things you despise.

... the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

That's the beauty of democracy — you believe what you believe, I believe what I believe, and as long as we're not hurting each other, that's fine. Placing a value judgment on a person's beliefs has no place in a democracy.

May we know unity without conformity.

To assure our freedom we must allow others the same freedom, even if occasionally it produces conduct by them which we would hold to be sinful. We know that the price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that they might someday force theirs on us.

Democracy depends on the idea that we hold each others’ right to express ourselves and be heard above our own desire to always get the outcomes we want. You can’t impose tolerance top-down.

I don't think, in a country, you can have people thinking and feeling exactly the same.

Whoever you are, this is America. You can believe or do whatever you want.

Everybody has to choose his or her own way to climb a mountain. I don't give an opinion. But there needs to be enough room for others.

America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.

The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance.

Everyone has their own opinions, and they're entitled to them.

I'm not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty.

Our times might emphasize equality, which we then mistake for the need for everyone to be the same, but what we really mean by this is the equal chance for people to express their differences, to let a thousand flowers bloom.

You have to let people express themselves in the way that they need to express themselves. You have to express yourself in any way possible, provided you're prepared to live with the consequences.

True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways.