Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to …

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend. ✨ It will take more than tolerance to protect human rights by Daniel Barenboim, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2016.
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Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend. ✨ It will take more than tolerance to protect human rights by Daniel Barenboim, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2016.

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