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It takes strength to self-criticism

The speech of Federal President Heinz Fischer to the European tolerance talks 2015 Fresach can now be read verbatim: “Tolerance is a principle of life that helps us to enable different ways of life and to facilitate the coexistence of people …” http://bit.ly/1FdTy9O
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Federal president signs declaration of tolerance

Federal president Hein Fischer, the Carinthian governor Peter Kaiser, the bishops Alois Schwarz and Michael Bünker, as well as for over 150 participants of the European Dialogue for Tolerance signed the “Fresacher declaration of tolerance 2015” already on the first day of their announcement. The declaration is available at the museum of tolerance of the
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Federal president: tolerance as principle of life

“Only if we can call ourselves into question, we can better understand different opinions. Tolerance as an expression of respect is a principle of life and at the same time a strong commitment to humanism”, says federal president Heinz Fischer on Friday, at the opening of the first European Tolerance Dialogues in the Carinthian mountain
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