Tolerance of Ideas Quotes

All I claim, all I plead for, is liberty of thought and expression. That is all. I do not pretend to tell what is absolutely true, but what I think is true. I do not pretend to tell all the truth..

You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.

We should not live in fear, we should all enjoy being able to express our views freely and openly, challenge each other on issues.

The right of free speech cannot be parceled out based on whether we want to hear what the speaker has to say or whether we agree with those views. It means, quite often, tolerating the expression of views that we find distasteful, perhaps even repugnant.

Liberals shouldn't cede the responsibility to defend free speech on college campuses to conservatives. After all, without free speech, what's liberalism about?

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.

It's okay if someone is disgusted or offended by my performance. It's just a performance.

Everybody's entitled to their own figures.