"Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the cult of multiculturalism."
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"It is right that you have to have a tolerance for solitude. But when that solitude bears fruit, you can abandon it. You can be in the company of others."
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"Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to undermine or attack the religious faith and beliefs of another has always been a short road to trouble."
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"Tolerance is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbours and friends."
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"Tolerance and tranquility are two characteristics of true love."
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"The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion."
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"Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition. To tolerate means to offend."
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"Unchecked, the new tolerance will sooner or later put many people in chains."
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"At some point in your fife, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there's nothing really to talk about. And I think we're at a point now where a lot of older women take better care of themselves, compared to the 1940s and '50s when women were programmed to figure it's all over after 30."
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"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance, and the humorist, with a smile and perhaps a sigh, is more likely to shrug his shoulders than to condemn."
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"I thank God and America for the right to live and raise my family under the flag of tolerance, democracy and freedom."
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"The most unpresentable persons are generally the most interesting."
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"Elections are not a beauty contest. It is all about tolerance."
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"The liberal idea of tolerance is more and more a kind of intolerance. What it means is 'Leave me alone; don't harass me; I'm intolerant towards your over-proximity."
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"The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered."
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"We must nurture tolerance, collective wisdom, and democracy."
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"We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us."
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"Tolerance is the virtue of those who don't believe anything."
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"Tolerance is a proof of distrust in one's own ideals."
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"Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected."
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