Quotes with intolerance

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

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  • Mahatma Gandhi Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Eric Hoffer Intolerance is the ''Do Not Touch'' sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Charles Simmons 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
    American editor and novelist (1798 - 1856)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Abdul Qadeer Khan Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.
    Abdul Qadeer Khan
    Pakistani nuclear physicist (1936 - )
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  • Vikram Seth I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
    Vikram Seth
    Indian novelist and poet (1952 - )
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich In economics, we borrowed from the Bourbons; in foreign policy, we drew on themes fashioned by the nomad warriors of the Eurasian steppes. In spiritual matters, we emulated the braying intolerance of our archenemies, the Shite fundamentalists.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • George Santayana Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Aleister Crowley Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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  • Sydney Justin Harris Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
    Sydney Justin Harris
    American journalist (1917 - 1986)
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  • Wallace Stevens Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.
    Wallace Stevens
    American poet (1879 - 1955)
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  • Benazir Bhutto Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Obstinacy is a fault of temperament. Stubbornness and intolerance of contradiction result from a special kind of egotism, which elevates above everything else the pleasure of its autonomous intellect, to which others must bow.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Samuel Huntington The dangerous clashes of the future are likely to arise from the interaction of Western arrogance, Islamic intolerance, and Sinic assertiveness.
    The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996)
    Samuel Huntington
    American political scientist (1927 - 2008)
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  • Diana Spencer - Princess of Wales The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance.
    Diana Spencer - Princess of Wales
    Member of the British royal family, first wife of Prince Charles (1961 - 1997)
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  • Diana Spencer Princess of Wales The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.
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  • Aleister Crowley The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes far to account for religious intolerance. It is evidently consoling to reflect that the people next door are headed for hell.
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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