Edmund Burke Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none."

by:	Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker
Source:	Speech, House of Commons, 1773
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Categories:	Compassion, Conscience, Freedom, Individual Rights, Individualism, Justice, Liberty, Respect, Restraint, Tolerance
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Simply allowing for the rights of others to think or worship differently than one's self is, a most shallow but necessary postulated sequence in freedom and liberty's recognition. Unalienable rights are neither good or evil, they just are. -- Mike, Norwalk
You sick violent property mongers must understand that the planet's resources, notably land distribution must be shared by all. Everyone has a right to a peaceful nights rest and sleep. You violent property hoarders have no natural right to leaving the well meaning individual deprived of a descent night sleep. -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown 1