Herbert Marcuse Quotes

“The tolerance which enlarged the range and content of freedom was always partisan – intolerant toward the protagonists of the repressive status quo. Can the indiscriminate guaranty of political rights and liberties be repressive? Can such tolerance serve to contain qualitative social change?

When tolerance mainly serves the protection and preservation of a repressive society, when it serves to neutralize opposition and to render men immune against other and better forms of life, then tolerance has been perverted.

Liberating tolerance, then, would mean intolerance against movements from the Right and toleration of movements from the Left.”