Quotes about Intolerance
You haven't got a chance kid,' he had told him glumly.'They hate Jews.' 'But I'm not Jewish,' answered Clevinger. 'It will make no difference,' Yossarian promised, and Yossarian was right. 'They're after everybody.
— Joseph Heller
Only when people genuinely disagree does tolerance become necessary. Claiming that someone is wrong for holding a different viewpoint, then, isn't itself intolerant; the attitude that accompanies the claim may, however, be intolerant.
— Josh McDowell
The final battle against intolerance is to be fought - not in the chambers of any legislature - but in the hearts of men.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
You will never change what you tolerate.
— Joel Osteen
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
— Mahatma Gandhi
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.
— Francis Schaeffer
The smallest minds and the selfishest souls and the cowardliest hearts that God makes.
— Mark Twain
He who hears this name [God] from a Jew must inform the authorities, or else throw sow dung at him when he sees him and chase him away.
— Martin Luther
If God came to save the world, why are so many of His professed followers intent on damning it?
— Richard Paul Evans
If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.
— Dennis Prager