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Quote from Karl R. Popper,

“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant… then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. […] We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.”



By:

Karl R. Popper (more quotes by Karl R. Popper or books by/about Karl R. Popper)


(1902-1994) Austrian-British philosopher, professor

Source:

The Open Society and Its Enemies, vol. 1 (London: Routledge, 1945), 217 (note 4).

Categories:

Tolerance, Hypocrisy, Reason, Speech

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