#intolerance

In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#against #basic #catholics #church #clearly

Wenn wir uns erinnern, wie rassisch, religiös und politisch Verfolgte, die vom sicheren Tod bedroht waren, oft vor geschlossenen Grenzen anderer Staaten standen, werden wir vor denen, die heute wirklich verfolgt sind und bei uns Schutz suchen, die Tür nicht verschließen." [Ansprache am 8. Mai 1985 in der Gedenkstunde im Plenarsaal des Deutschen Bundestages] ↗

— Richard von Weizsäcker

#bigotry #freedom #intolerance #persecution #politics

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#comparison #intolerance #itself #other #people

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#i #intolerance #seen #shown #support

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. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#alone #america #any #corner #discrimination

Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America. I support opportunity in America. And I support Barack Obama for another four years as president of the United States of America! ↗

— Richard Trumka

#america #american #american values #another #barack

I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#dislike #feel #honest #i #intolerance

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

— Sydney J. Harris

#assume #boasting #egotism #form #intolerance

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. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

#beliefs #ends #intolerance #place #religious

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

— Isaac Hayes

#beliefs #ends #intolerance #others #place