“In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must be able to show that its action was caused by something more than a mere desire to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular viewpoint.” PersonsStatesShowsAbleActionSchoolDesireOrderOpinionParticularExpressionMereOfficialsJustifyFreedom Of SpeechDiscomfortProhibitionViewpointsAccompany Author:Abe Fortas
“I tremble for our world, where, in the smallest ways, we find it impossible, as Marshall Hodgson enjoined, to find room for the other in our minds. If we cannot accommodate a viewpoint in a friend without resorting to unkindness, how can we hope to heal the terrible problems of our planet? I no longer think that any principle or opinion is worth anything if it makes you unkind or intolerant.” IfsThinkingWorldWayMindProblemRoomsOpinionPrinciplesImpossiblePlanetsTerribleHealOur WorldSmallestOur PlanetViewpointsAccommodateUnkindUnkindness Book:The Spiral Staircase Source: The Spiral Staircase
“If we choose only to expose ourselves to opinions and viewpoints that are in line to our own, we become more polarized, more set in our own ways. It will only reinforce and deepen the political divides in our country. But if we choose to actively seek out information that challenges our assumptions and beliefs, perhaps we can begin to understand where the people who disagree with us are coming from.” PeopleIfsWayCountryPoliticalPoliticsBeliefChallengesLinesOpinionInformationOur CountryAssumptionDividesDisagreeViewpoints Author:Barack Obama
“The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and arguments. As the lotus rises on its stalk unsoiled by the mud and the water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world.” WorldDoeSpeakWaterOpinionWiseArgumentIndependentWanderMudStalkingViewpointsLotuses Author:Gautama Buddha