“How could Hitler be wrong and we be right, if it makes no difference what you believe? Nothing has so much vitiated the wells of friendliness as that unspeakably stupid statement of Voltaire about tolerance which is so often quoted: ‘I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.’ Now translate that into modern language: Voltaire would say to Hitler: ‘I disapprove of your saying that Nazism is human and democratic but I will defend to the death your right to say it. Those who are most vehement in pleas for tolerance are often those most intolerant themselves. Shall we forget that in the early days of America the most vociferous propagandists of tolerance were also those who said it did not apply to Jews and Papists?” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Seven Pillars of Peace) How relevant this is today!! His words are ageless.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:33:54 +0000