“I don't want to be tolerated. Either accept me or don't. Don't "tolerate" me.”
“Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.”
“You don't tolerate parenthood. You don't survive it. You grow with it.”
“I don't tolerate politics that come from anger. I want a politics derived from beauty... I don't admire politicians, but poets. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)”
“The liberal idea of tolerance is more and more a kind of intolerance. What it means is 'Leave me alone; don't harass me; I'm intolerant towards your over-proximity.”
“I don't believe society has ever grown more tolerant. It just changes targets.”