Quotes about Intolerance
Throughout their friendship Deronda had been used to Hans' egotism, but he had never before felt intolerant of it: when Hans, habitually pouring out his own feelings and affairs, had never cared for any detail in return, and, if he chanced to know any, had soon forgotten it
— George Eliot
Without personal commitment to the attributes of fair play and integrity, the United States is in grave danger. Malice and intolerance stalk our society, staking claim to our minds, and not one corner of our social order is unaffected. This darkness is a significant threat to our national good, perhaps the most significant threat in our history, for it strikes at the heart of democracy. Where people are not free to disagree, there can be no democracy, since that is what democracy is.
— Marianne Williamson
There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.
— John Milton
The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.
— Max Born
many pagans harbored ill feelings about Christians and widely believed them to be antisocial, contrary, incompliant, intolerant, narrow-minded, nonconformist, inflexible, obstinate, and uncompromising. That means if many Christians today feel like they take the brunt of hostility from an unbelieving world, they can rest assured that this has been felt by myriads of believers in times past.
— Rick Renner
Our society's obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture.
— Charles Colson
Anti-Semitism was clearly not just anti-Christian and immoral but also quite foolish.
— Dietrich von Hildebrand
She was made to stand in a garbage can for twelve hours, as the other detainees demanded that she confess her own "homosexual tendencies.
— Lawrence Wright
And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
The frustrating thing is that those who are attacking religion claim they are doing it in the name of tolerance, freedom and openmindedness. Question: Isn't the real truth that they are intolerant of religion? They refuse to tolerate its importance in our lives.
— Ronald Reagan
Jesus is gentle, but He is not weak. He loves the sinner but is absolutely intolerant of sin. He is not a negotiator. He is Lord. It is this bristling truth that invites intolerance toward Christians. Jesus did not say, Do your own thing... all roads lead to God. That would have made Jesus politically correct, but Jesus is not politically correct. He is Lord.
— Franklin Graham
We are at fault for not slaying the Jews.
— Martin Luther