Obama: When People Think ‘I’m Always Right,’ the Conclusion Is Often ‘Great Cruelty and Great Violence’

‘In pluralistic world ... trying to preserve some sense that each of us only sees part of the truth, not the whole truth is an important quality to have’

OBAMA: “God sees wisdom in all people out here too. And if I become so convinced that I am always right, that it doesn't’t not admit the possibility that maybe someone else has that wisdom and is expressing God’s will, then the logical conclusion of that ends up often times being great cruelty and great violence. And I think that in pluralistic world, in a world in which we have many different people coming from many different faiths and traditions, trying to preserve some sense that each of us only sees part of the truth, not the whole truth is an important quality to have.”

Video files
Full
Compact
Audio files
Full
Compact