Tolerance
is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged
by, and is necessary for, civilization.
-- Arthur Keith
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"The
highest result of education is tolerance."
-- Helen Keller
(1903)
Toleration
is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires
the same effort of the brain that it takes to
balance oneself on a bicycle.
-- Helen
Keller
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"World
peace, like community peace, does not require
that each man love his neighbor -- it requires
only that they live together with mutual tolerance,
submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful
settlement."
-- John
F. Kennedy
"Tolerance
implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs.
Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution
of others."
-- John
F. Kennedy
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Ultimately,
America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity,
the very diversity which our heritage of religious
freedom has inspired.
-- Robert
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"I
believe all Americans who believe in freedom,
tolerance and human rights have a responsibility
to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual
orientation.
-- Coretta
Scott King
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I
refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically
bound to the starless midnight of racism and war
that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood
can never become a reality.... I believe that
unarmed truth and unconditional love will have
the final word.
-- Martin Luther
King, Jr
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"What
we need to do is learn to respect and embrace our
differences until our differences don’t make a difference
in how we are treated."
-- Yolanda
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Religious
tolerance is something we should all practice; however,
there have been more persecution and atrocities committed
in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything
else.
-- Walter Koenig
No
human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life,
and gets less, than intolerance.
-- Giacomo Leopardi
Tolerance
is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's
beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing
or accepting them.
-- Joshua Liebman
Whereas
each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the
freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration.
-- Walter Lippmann
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