When I was a 7-year-old girl, in my bedroom, on my karaoke machine, I would sing 'On My Own' or do a one-woman version of 'Les Miserables.'
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.