“The secular university is scandalized by the claims of revelation. Those who have, for whatever historical reasons, become seekers-on-principle, cannot tolerate the allegation that truth is a gift. To have to receive offends those who have determined to take.” ReasonChristianityPrinciplesTruth IsClaimsHistoricalUniversityDeterminedRevelationsTolerateSecularSeekersAllegations Author:Louis Mackey
“Our contention is not for mere toleration, but for absolute liberty. There is a wide difference between toleration and liberty. Toleration implies that somebody falsely claims the right to tolerate. Toleration is a concession, while liberty is a right. Toleration is a matter of expediency, while liberty is a matter of principle.” MatterDifferencesLibertyPrinciplesAtheismClaimsAbsolutesMerePositive AtheismWideTolerateContentionConcessionsTolerationExpediency Author:George W Truett
“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.” RealNamesOur LivesImportanceClaimsRefuseToleranceTolerateFrustratingAttackingReal TruthFrustrating Things Author:Ronald Reagan
“Let’s be honest. Who here thinks your professors can say what they really believe? It scares me to death, and should scare you too, that the superstition of political correctness rules the halls of reason. What does all of this mean? It means that telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can’t be far behind. Before you claim to be a champion of free thought, tell me: Why did political correctness originate on America’s campuses? And why do you continue to tolerate it? Why do you, who’re supposed to debate ideas, surrender to their suppression?” ThinkingShouldBelieveMeanDoeIdeasReasonPoliticalBehindsHonestClaimsDebateSurrenderBeing HonestChampionHallsProfessorsScareSuperstitionsToleratePolitical CorrectnessCampusCorrectnessSuppressionFree Thought Author:Charlton Heston
“I don't like those men who claim that their wife is their best friend. . . . I think spouses should tolerate each other and occasionally have sex.” ThinkingMenShouldSexWifeClaimsTolerateSpouse Author:Adam Carolla
“If you look at US internal documents, they explain very clearly what the threat of Cuba was. So, back in the early 1960s the State Department described the threat of Cuba as Castro's successful defiance of US policy, going back to the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine established the US claim to dominate the Western hemisphere and Castro was successfully defying that. That's not tolerable. It is like somebody saying "let's have democracy in Greece," and we just can't tolerate that so we have to destroy the threat at its roots.” IfsLooksStatesDemocracySuccessfulPolicyRootsClaimsThreatWesternDoctrineDepartmentInternalsTolerateDocumentsGreece1960sCubaDefianceCastroTolerableHemisphereDefyingMonroe Doctrine Author:Noam Chomsky
“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.” IfsShouldNamesClaimsPreparedToleranceDestroyedIntoleranceTolerateUnlimitedDisappearance Author:Karl Popper