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Quote by Allan Bloom
Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice,

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

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Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise… specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine. – Allan Bloom

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parenting
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Allan Bloom
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Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy? – Allan Bloom

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Ignorance & Stupidity
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Allan Bloom
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There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. – Allan Bloom

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teacher
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Prejudice
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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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Prejudice

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

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Prejudice

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. – Ralph W. Sockman

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Prejudice

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

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Prejudice

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Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist. – Olive Schreiner

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A lot of sequins for New Years! Red, green, white – I fail at all of that because Im always in black. But for Christmas, I do love wearing cute dresses with tights and a pair of boots. – Ashley Benson

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My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern. – Alonzo Mourning

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