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It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both.

The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes far to account for religious intolerance. It is evidently consoling to reflect that the people next door are headed for hell.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.

Too small is our world to allow discrimination, bigotry and intolerance to thrive in any corner of it, let alone in the United States of America.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins.

The intolerance of the Middle, and even later, Ages, is a fact all too familiar to every one.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.

Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.

Intolerance has been the curse of our country.