"The peak of tolerance is most readily achieved by those who are not burdened by convictions."
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Perspectives, 1966
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A good quote.
 -- Me Again		 
Absolutely backwards. It is people who are afraid of people with convictions who are intolerant. Visit any college or university sociology or psychology department for rampant evidence of this ridiculous phenomena.
 -- Dougmcr8, Springfield, VA		 
Certainly jibes with my experience.
 -- Greg, Chichester		 
Quote is true and exemplified by the thumbs down guy--someone obviously with strong convictions...and not very tolerant.
 -- jim, montgomery		 
Dougmcr8, College liberals, meaning 90% of the faculty, are very tolerant as long as your opinions are the same as theirs, otherwise, lookout. Ultra leftists infest our colleges and universities and do not suffer other views lightly.
 -- jim k, Austin		 
Rings true for me. I have never confused a so-called liberal with a tolerant person. It is this intolerance that drives them to 'fix' things that are not broken at the expense of others. One can be tolerant and still stick to one's guns. We can be tolerant of offensive speech without buying into it. For the most part, tolerance is the ability to not return evil for evil.
 -- E Archer, NYC		 
Who has no convictions, Hitler? Individual liberals/conservatives, moral/immoral, religious/non-religious, etc. all have convictions. Is the peak of tolerance an admirable trait? To those that love and are burdened with affirmative convictions toward charity, freedom and liberty also burdened with slavery, tyranny, etc.? The concept is a hedonists attempt at justifying distructive actions.
 -- Mike, Norwalk		 
Its truth is self evident
 -- warren, olathe		 
Would that be felony convictions? Seriously, though, it depends upon the conviction. To believe in something is not a horrible thing. The greatest tolerance can be found in those who truly believe in free will. Persuasion should be the only tool used by those who have convictions.
 -- Ken, Allyn, WA		 
You are right Warren and so is its direct opposite. Those burdened by religious convictions or political convictions generally have a closed mind to any other view. To believe in something just for the sake of standing for something for anything just so that you may be or at least feel that you are somebody is folly. If one has nothing to believe in at any given moment, well believe in yourself. One may be sincere in his convictions but also may be sincerely wrong. Well I'll be Archer are you telling me you are now tolerant of socialists or those who you characterize as such.
 -- Waffler, Smith, Arkansas		 
Mike, Norwalk. I agree.
 -- kelly, Melbourne		 
 
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