Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are…

Karl Popper, Paradox of tolerance, open society, intolerance, ethics

“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. […] We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.”

–Karl Popper (on theParadox of tolerance in  The Open Society and Its Enemies)