Kofi Annan  - Quotes

 Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated. 

Tags: igonrance   intolerance   prejudice   racism   tolerance     


Jasper Fforde  - Quotes

 If it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart, no Van Gough, no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong. 

Tags: buildings   greed   hate   humor   intolerance   mozard   muppets   murder   passion   science     
Karl Popper  - Quotes

 Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society... then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them... We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. 

Tags: intolerance   tolerance     


Peter Cameron  - Quotes

 I don't know why I felt so closed and bitter and threatened by the things I did not like. 

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Nick Flynn  - Quotes

 My statement to Harris that his book contains much to admire is specious hyperbole. In The End of Faith, Harris rails against religious fundamentalism, which seems obvious, as well as against religious moderates, which seems intolerant. 

Tags: harris   intolerance   religion     


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