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Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
by John F. Kennedy (President, American , born in 1917) keywords: beliefs, commitment, condemns, implies, lack, oppression, others, own, persecution, rather , tolerance Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.
by Walter Koenig (Actor, American , born in 1936) keywords: anything, atrocities, been, committed, else, freedom, however, more, name, persecution, practice, religion, religious, should, something, than , tolerance When the Jewish people, after nearly 2,000 years of exile, under relentless persecution, became a nation again on 14 May 1948 the 'fig tree' put forth its first leaves. Jesus said that this would indicate that He was 'at the door,' ready to return.
by Hal Lindsey (Writer, American , born in 1929) keywords: after, again, became, door, exile, fig, first, forth, indicate, jesus, jewish, leaves, may, nation, nearly, persecution, put, ready, relentless, return, said, tree, under, would , years Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
by Imelda Marcos (Celebrity , born in 1930) keywords: bible, continuous, crime, even, hell, oppress, orphans, persecution, place, says, specific, those , widows Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.
by Thomas Paine (Writer, English , born in 1737) keywords: always, any, established, feature, law, marked, original, persecution, religion, religions , strongly The advancement of all sciences, especially where there has been such a radical change, have been attended with persecution.
by Daniel D. Palmer (Celebrity, Canadian , born in 1845) keywords: advancement, attended, been, change, especially, persecution, radical, sciences, such , where And in times and places where there was not much persecution, people could become and continue Christians who neither were nor professed to be very devoted persons.
by Robert Rainy (Clergyman, Scottish , born in 1826) keywords: become, christians, continue, could, devoted, much, neither, nor, persecution, persons, places, professed, times, very, were , where Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
by Ayn Rand (Writer, Russian , born in 1905) keywords: business, disastrous, government, hands, help, just, keeping, national, off, only, persecution, prosperity, service , way And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists.
by Paul Robeson (Actor, American , born in 1898) keywords: communist, continued, first, found, home, honest, increased, leaders, party, persecution, states, then , united Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) keywords: been, brotherly, destruction, excuse, insight, into, love, made, mass, means, our, persecution, profoundest, religions, scientific, teach , used There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn't let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I'd changed.
by Rick Schroder (Actor, American , born in 1970) keywords: almost, always, been, changed, complex, felt, goofy, got, grow, how, kid, matter, much, persecution, saw, smiling, teenager, times , up Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.
by Charles Simmonskeywords: argument, bigotry, days, endeavors, fire, intolerance, modern, old, persecution, silence, silenced, sword , tongue In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded Jewish children from higher education in public schools.
by Jack Steinberger (Physicist, American , born in 1921) keywords: came, children, education, enacted, excluded, followed, higher, jewish, jews, laws, more, nazis, persecution, power, public, quickly, schools, systematic, were , which To show a "well-founded fear of persecution," an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.
by John Paul Stevens (Judge , born in 1920) keywords: alien, country, fear, her, his, home, likely, more, need, persecuted, persecution, prove, she, show, than , will I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.
by Jonathan Swift (Writer, Irish , born in 1667) keywords: any, beloved, christianity, clergy, country, degree, heard, nation, never, nor, nothing, persecution, popular, read, religion, render, saw, some, them, were , where The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda.
by Strom Thurmond (Politician, American , born in 1902) keywords: consideration, deserve, greatest, instead, minority, nation, persecution, propaganda, south, twisted, understanding , white The causes of the China Incident were the exclusion and insult of Japan throughout China, the exclusion of Japanese goods, the persecution of Japanese residents in China, and the illegal violation of Japanese rights.
by Hideki Tojo (Soldier, Japanese , born in 1884) keywords: causes, china, exclusion, goods, illegal, incident, insult, japan, japanese, persecution, residents, rights, throughout, violation , were Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: attempt, every, grounds, intolerance, kind, legislation, once, open, persecution, religious, upon , way
