Intolerance Quotes

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. - Morris Raphael Cohen

Coming from the United States, where intolerance is generally racially motivated, you wonder why it is they can't be nice to each other. - David O'Connor

Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance. - Timothy Radcliffe

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. - Aldous Huxley

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue. - Charles Simmons

Banned Books Week is nothing more than a promotion of intolerance towards any librarian, teacher, or parent who questions the wisdom of giving adult material to children, Schools and libraries should be family oriented toward parents and safe places for children. - Tom Minnery

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. - Mahatma Gandhi

And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and. - Thomas Jefferson

An inspired, concerned and loving society will dignify man; will find the ways to develop his talent; will put the fruits of his labor and intellect to effective use; will achieve brotherhood; eliminate bigotry and intolerance; will care for the indigent, the delinquent, the sick, the aged; seek the truth and communicate it; respect differences among man. - James Rouse

All of that shows that somehow the schooling system has fed intolerance and bigotry. - Husain Haqqani