“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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