He was from the old school of those who would differ vigorously with you, but be able to present his different views with dignity.
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Regarding Ahmed Ali, said on 13 June 2005.Qoriniasi Bale
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"He was from the old school of those who would differ vigorously with you, but be able to present his different views with dignity."
Ahmed (politician) Ali
In a revolutionary age talk of equality may well have represented a passion to provide full human dignity to those who had previously been denied it by systems of political and economic domination; but in the present age it softens the spiritual requirements that are an essential ingredient in human dignity. Thus the slogans of equality serve not so much to elevate individuals to the dignity of being human as to free them from the responsibility of rising to this vocation.
Merold Westphal
"We must learn to respect each other's views and to differ without anger or ill will." (14 July 2005)
Laisenia Qarase
An integral approach acknowledges that all views have a degree of truth, but some views are more true than others, more evolved, more developed, more adequate. And so let's get that part out of the way right now: homophobia in any form, as far as I can tell, stems from a lower level of human development — but it is a level, it exists, and one has to make room in one's awareness for those lower levels as well, just as one has to include third grade in any school curriculum. Just don't, you know, put those people in charge of anything important.
Ken Wilber
Mr. President and I also had direct and open exchange of views on a matter that we may differ, especially on matters related to religion and human rights. And our approach is that we would increase our dialogue in order to have a better understanding of each other. And we are also determined not to let those differences afflict our overall, larger interest.
Nguyen Minh Triet
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