It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.
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Tolerance.
If you ask me politely
Invariably I will comply
But if you try to compel me
then your demand I will deny.
As I have every right to do
You have your views and I have mine
and they are most unlikely to be
close enough so they combine.
Into a view we both agree
I’m tolerant and you are not
You see my views as heresy.
Which does nor really help a lot.
Some see your views as bigotry
and who am I to disagree.
Wednesday,13 January 2010
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Disagreement
With you, I do not always agree
Because I am not your ‘mini-me.'
Over the years, I have grown
And now have opinions of my own.
It must be a big shock when you find
I'm capable of making up my own mind.
From the things you say, I can tell,
That you think you know me very well.
You often say ‘I think this, don't you? '
But often I hold a very different view;
I do not mean to disagree,
But I am not you: I am me.
I do not mean to be a right pain,
But you and I are not the same.
It is all very well keeping the peace,
But, my own views, I like to release.
Sometimes I agree for a quiet life:
Not wanting to cause trouble or strife;
But it is hard to agree all of the time
When the views you hold are not mine.
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Am I Humble?
Leaning towards my humble self,
We engage in conversation.
The views are expressed, the views appal,
And this admonition from the slanting person
Finishes here.
Such cautionary advice is frowned upon,
I prefer the happiness now, and the gadgets.
The gimmick or game is now to be aborted,
Like an afterthought always now fading.
Lean no more, just keep yourself,
Never take on hymns, never sing incantations,
For your health leave the sky and ground.
The advice leans too close to graciousness.
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The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.
quote by Edward Kennedy
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Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.
quote by Nikolai Gogol
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He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.
quote by William Congreve
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What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter.
quote by Elena Kagan
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When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views.
quote by Donald Rumsfeld
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My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views.
quote by Stephen Harper
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Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.
quote by William F. Buckley, Jr.
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One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth's orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space.
Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets.
quote by Karel Reisz
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for BAYANI
Because you are too
insistent on your own views,
now you find
few to agree with you.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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I have seen that technology has contributed to improved communication, that it's contributed to better health care, that it's contributed to better food supplies, that it has contributed to all the basic human needs.
quote by John Warnock
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It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views.
quote by Morris Raphael Cohen
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About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
quote by Michael Caine
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If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.
quote by John Boyd Orr
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Peculiarity Of The Judges
Issuing statements,
The peculiarity of the judges;
But i do hope that,
You will identify the clear boundaries.
Of my views being heard and,
Of your views being noted;
But the right of association is what you need;
For, this image will seek for your welfare,
But try to fight the corruption around you.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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