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Wednesday, 3 December 2008
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"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests" (Vidal, Gore - Language)

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Browse Quotations about Tolerance

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
For this is one of the ancientest laws among them; that no man shall be blamed for reasoning in the maintenance of his own religion.
I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.
No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.
Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.
People are very open-minded about new things. As long as they are exactly like the old ones.
Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.
Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
To tolerant everything is too teach nothing.
Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Travel teaches tolerance.
When tolerance is not afforded to those so well-deserved, it speaks ill of the one who feels he cannot afford to give it.
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
You tolerate me, you really tolerate me. [Accepting his Independent Spirit Award]

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