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Prejudice

No man has ever been born a Negro hater, a Jew hater, or any other kind of hater. Nature refuses to be involved in such suicidal practices. – Harry Bridges

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. – William Penn

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence. – Proverb

Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks. – Duchess Abrantes

Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. – Joseph Addison

Lets stop being so damn judgemental & crucifying everyone who doesnt fit into our boxed-in perceptions of what is right. – Gillian Anderson

All colors will agree in the dark. – Francis Bacon

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless. – James Baldwin

A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support. – Ambrose Bierce

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

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice. – Allan Bloom

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

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. – Edmund Burke

Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. – Edwin Hubbell Chapin

It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you. – John Jay Chapman

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. – Lord Chesterfield

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end. – G. K. Chesterton

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. – Shirley Chisholm

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

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil? – Marquis De Sade