10 sentences with 'intolerance'
Example sentences and phrases with the word intolerance and other words derived from it.
• « It was not just Catholic intolerance. While the Catholic Inquisition is an iconic institution in the history of persecution, most Protestants were equally hostile to Catholics. »
• « There would be harsh and official religious intolerance well into the 19th century, but even pious monarchs were very hesitant to initiate or engage in large-scale warfare in the name of religious belief. »
• « Instead, during these religious wars millions died, intolerance remained the rule, and Europe's major states emerged more focused than ever on centralisation and military power. »
• « Attitudes of tolerance or intolerance towards other ways of thinking and/or acting different from our own are related to the way in which two factors are articulated: that of convictions and that of power. »
• « In principle, the problem of tolerance only arises when there are certain convictions that make something intolerant to those convictions, but tolerance and intolerance are only effectively practised when power is exercised over those who disagree with us and is exercised to coerce the contrary. »
• « What is intolerable are those convictions and behaviours - both of individuals and groups - that deny freedom of thought and conscience, those discriminatory attitudes that deny the equal right to be different. Intolerance is intolerance. »
• « The objectives were to contribute to peace, respect for human rights and the elimination of all forms of intolerance between and within countries. »