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“Tolerance never exists without negative judgment. It is the sentiment of having a negative opinion about something yet still putting up with it.”

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Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“The tolerance of the skeptic… accepts the most diverse and indeed the most contradictory opinions, and keeps all his suspicions for the “dogmatist.””

Accepting Opinion Tolerance Diverse Suspicion Contradictory Skeptic

Author:Jean Guitton

“The beginning of philosophy is the recognition of the conflict between opinions.”

Philosophy Opinion Conflict Speech Respect Tolerance Recognition Individualism

Author:Epictetus

“... the structure of our public morality crashed to earth. Above its grave a tombstone read, "Be tolerant--even of evil." Logically the next step would be to say to our commonwealth's criminals, "I disagree that it's all right to rob and murder, but naturally I respect your opinion." Tolerance is only complacence when it makes no distinction between right and wrong.”

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Book:The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition

Source: The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition

“Unless you can point to something that I have done or said that has changed the course of the public opinion in a negative way, you've got to check yourself sometimes and say, "Maybe I don't like the way that this thing is said, but it's expanding tolerance." If I said something that was shutting down something that was positive, call me out, but I don't really see me doing that.”

Ifs Way Said Sometimes Done Courses Opinion Changed Negative Tolerance Checks Call Me Expanding Public Opinion Shutting Down Check Yourself

Author:Lizz Winstead

“Those who constantly qualify everything and have no opinions of their own are ultimately just as incapable of tolerance.”

Opinion Tolerance Incapable

Author:Wolfgang Schauble

“With our sympathy for the wrongdoer we need the old Puritan and Quaker hatred of wrongdoing; with our just tolerance of men and opinions a righteous abhorrence of sin.”

Men Needs Sin Opinion Hatred Tolerance Righteous Puritan Wrongdoing Quaker Abhorrence

Book:The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier: 1828-1845

Source: The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier: 1828-1845

“The self identity of Man is transcultural, and thus cannot have any single point of reference. Pluralism is not synonymous with tolerance of a variety of opinions. Pluralism amounts to the recognition of the unthinkable, the absurd, and up to a limit, intolerable. Reality in itself does not need to be transparent intelligible.”

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Author:Raimon Panikkar