Sidney Hook Quotes

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

Sidney Hook

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• The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

  

  Ralph W. Sockman
  • Courage
  • Tolerance
  • Test

• To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Great
  • Language
  • Limits

• Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.

  

  Manmohan Singh
  • Work
  • Together
  • Law

• I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.

  

  Wally Lamb
  • Life
  • Opportunity
  • Limits

• There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Day
  • Myself
  • Limits

• Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Life
  • Real
  • Diversity

• We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.

  

  Manmohan Singh
  • Government
  • Limits
  • Options

• 'The ruckus' is different experiences you go through throughout your life which builds your ruckus points up - your tolerance. You've got to have a high tolerance for dealing with stuff all the time.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • People
  • Society
  • Tolerance

• People have no tolerance. They think all bugs are bad. It's the American way. If you don't like something, kill it.

  

  Carl Olson
  • People
  • American
  • Bad

• The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • People
  • Knowledge
  • Limits

• The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Culture
  • Tolerance
  • Fabric

• I'm kind of obsessed by Everest and all those men that mountaineer and take themselves to extreme limits.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Men
  • Kind
  • Limits

• America needs to be a place where all of us can feel a part of the American dream. But it will not happen by dividing us into racial groups. It will not happen by trying to turn the poor against the rich. It will not happen by asking Americans to accept what is immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Trying
  • American
  • America

• Fanaticism and extremism cannot grow on an earth whose soil is embedded in the spirit of tolerance, moderation, and balance. Good governance can eliminate injustice, destitution and poverty.' Remarks at a Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit 5 December 2005.

  

  Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
  • Good
  • Earth
  • Balance

• We wish to recall here the spirit of tolerance shown by Our Lord Jesus Christ when He gave forgiveness to all including those that crucified Him.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • Wish
  • Jesus
  • Forgiveness

• 'Above all there is our fixed joint determination to build a strong and united Fiji, rich in diversity and pampered with tolerance, goodwill and understanding.' (Attributed to Mara by his successor as President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, 10 October 2005).

  

  Kamisese Mara
  • Strong
  • Understanding
  • Diversity

• Along with this element of universal tolerance, I should couple our Republican system of Government, which gives to every man a share and a responsibility in the direction of public affairs. And third, I should place our system of universal free education.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Free
  • Education
  • Responsibility

• There must be some limit to the thing. It cannot go on to infinity.

  

  Samuel Hahnemann
  • Limits
  • Infinity
  • Goes On

• When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.

  

  Xun Kuang
  • Time
  • Man
  • Reflect

• A crisis + time = humor.

  

  Blaine Pardoe
  • Time
  • Humor
  • Crisis

• Well I don’t know how many pounds make up a ton, Of all the nobel prizes that I’ve never won, And I may be the mayor of simpleton, But I know one thing, And that’s I love you.

  

  Andy Partridge
  • Up
  • May

• It felt good to pretty much play the whole game. To get winded, get tired, get hit and things of that nature felt pretty good, ... I think everything went well. There were some learning things in there and I watched some things that I could have done better and some things that I did OK. ... Now we are ready to move forward and play Chicago.

  

  Braylon Edwards
  • Nature
  • Game
  • Learning

• Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

  

  Sidney Hook
  • Tolerance
  • Limits
  • Intolerant