Joe Lhota Quotes

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

Whatever differences we have, tolerating others' opinions is a prerequisite to a functioning and free society.

Tolerance is important, especially in a democracy. The ability to have honest conversations, even if you come from a different place, a difference perspective, is fundamentally important.

We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.

Everybody's opinion is equally valid, and I feel like everybody should have an opportunity to speak out, and everyone should have the courage to speak out.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.

Respect for the freedom of someone else constitutes the highest duty of men

We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.

Religious and civil liberty are best protected by unbounded freedom of thought.

Freedom of expression is the foundation of a civil society …. This will come.

We need to respect free speech, but we need to respect one another's rights to free speech, too.

I can try to convince somebody else of my beliefs, but I should not be imposing.

I never try to prove anybody wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

I had to realize that everyone has opinions, and they all have the right to feel a certain way, and you have to respect that.

One of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with people with whom we disagree.

Everybody has their opinion. I respect anything that anybody has to say.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.

You don't need to push your beliefs onto other people!

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent.