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America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated reli

America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies. – James Fenimore Cooper

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Bigot, one who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. – Ambrose Bierce

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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. – Charlotte Bronte

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Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices — just recognize them. – Edward Roscoe Murrow, 31 December 1955

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Prejudice iz a hous plant which iz very apt tew wither if yu take it out doors amungst pholks. – Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw, 1818–1885) [Or if you prefer, the “tran

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