Intolerance quotes

Intolerance

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Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist

"The enemy is not fundamentalism; it is intolerance. In this case, the intolerance is perverse since it masquerades under the "liberal" rhetoric of "equal time." But mistake it not."

Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Poet, Novelist

"They [the police] learned something from them Harlem riots. They used to beat your head right in public, but now they only beat it after they get you down to the station house."

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Voltaire Philosopher, Writer
Intolerance

"The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs."

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