John Howard Quotes

You can be for someone without being against someone else.

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

Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours …. Show respect to all people and grovel to none.

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.

Throughout my work is the idea, over and over, that we must all learn to respect one another.

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.

That differences of race, color, and creed are natural, and that diverse groups, institutions, and ideas are stimulating factors in the development of man; That to promote harmony in diversity is a responsible task of religion and statesmanship; That since no individual can express the whole truth, it is essential to treat with understanding and good will those whose views differ from our own; That by the testimony of history intolerance is the door to violence, brutality and dictatorship; and That the realization of human interdependence and solidarity is the best guard of civilization.

Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another.

My policy in life is to live and let live.

I have never altered my feelings towards individuals, as men or as women, whether they believe as I do or not. Can you live as neighbors with me? I can with you; and it is no particular concern of mine whether you believe with me or not.

We are all one. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.

Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie.

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

Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.

I think that we need to get along together if we want to survive in the twenty-first century.

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

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

The new spirituality will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.'

The best religion is the most tolerant.

I'm someone who believes in 'live and let live,' and that applies to everything.

We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we're as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned.

We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists.