Tolerated Quotes
135 quotes by 129 authors
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And quit bringing up our forefathers and saying they were civil libertarians. Our founding fathers would have never tolerated any of this crap. For God's…
— Dennis Miller
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
— Tacitus
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There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people…
— Alan K. Simpson
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In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable.
— Walter Lippmann
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If there be any among us who wish to dissolve the Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed, as monuments of…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Language furnishes the best proof that a law accepted by a community is a thing that is tolerated and not a rule to which all…
— Ferdinand de Saussure
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...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves been a moral…
— Richard Furman
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
— Epictetus
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We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their national…
— John Ashcroft
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Quite agreeable, of course, was this state of things to those who thought it in their abundant riches the result of inevitable economic laws and…
— Pope Pius XI
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Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was…
— Hugh Laurie
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It was just expected that I would go to college. Both my parents are teachers and they tolerated acting, but I was going to go…
— Wentworth Miller
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An institution has to decide, and it's not just an option, it's a responsibility, how much diversity can be tolerated.
— Albert Mohler
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Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. . . .…
— Margot Asquith
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An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share…
— Bertrand Russell
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It is long past time to eliminate bigotry in the workplace and to ensure equal opportunity for all Americans. It is time to make clear…
— Tom Harkin
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Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
— M. William Phelps
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I remember a Buddhist teachers reflections on the Holocaust...What terrible karma those Jews mustve had... This kind of fundamentalism, which blames the victims and rationalizes…
— David Loy
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The reality is Hicks is facing an unfair justice system that is not tolerated anywhere else in the world, so where does that leave him
— Michael Mori
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