Definition of Intolerance

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Intolerance

Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.

The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect.

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Intolerance Quotations

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.
Thomas Jefferson

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mohandas Gandhi

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
Mohandas Gandhi

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Mohandas Gandhi

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.
Aldous Huxley

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
Eric Hoffer

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution.
William Butler Yeats

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.
George Santayana

The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.
Princess Diana

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
Sydney J. Harris

Intolerance Translations

intolerance in German is Intoleranz
intolerance in Spanish is intolerancia
intolerance in Swedish is olidlig

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