Prejudice Quotes · Page 23

People must realize that a crime motivated by racial or ethnic prejudice against one group is a crime against all of us.

— Jose Serrano

I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.

— Henry Villard

Much of our ignorance is of ourselves. Our eyes are full of dust. Prejudice blinds us.

— Abraham Coles

“Ignorance and fanaticism is ever busy and needs feeding. Always it is feeding and gloating for more.”

— Clarence Darrow

Muslims remain the most convenient target for prejudice in a city like Delhi, which is far more ghettoized than Bombay or Bangalore,…

— Karan Mahajan

“I don't mind bigots. You're allowed to be bigoted, if that makes you happy. Just do it at home. And not around…

— Maureen Johnson

The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races.

— Ruth Benedict

Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

I find her [Frances Trollope] simply delightful, even in her prejudices and cantankerousness. It is a gift to an author to find…

— Charles R. Morris

Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot…

— Oscar Wilde

“People cannot handle prejudice because they try to deal with the symptom. Prejudice is the symptom, wrong assumptions are the cause. 'Prejudice…

— Idries Shah

Moreover, the attitude that one ought to believe such and such a proposition, independently of the question whether there is evidence in…

— Bertrand Russell

I am not myself apt to be alarmed at innovations recommended by reason. That dread belongs to those whose interests or prejudices…

— Thomas Jefferson

There are only a few bits of absolute knowledge in the world, people can learn only one or two fundamental facts about…

— Katherine Anne Porter

My greatest surprise was that so much of what we think is common sense is just prejudice, and so much of what…

— Amy Bloom

One of the great secrets of the day is to know how to take possession of popular prejudices and passions, in such…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The vested interests-if we explain the situation by their influence-can only get the public to act as they wish by manipulating public…

— Norman Angell

“Words evolve, perhaps more rapidly and tellingly than do their users, and the change in meanings reflects a society often more accurately…

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

The Knight in the triumph of his heart made several 6 reflections on thegreatness of the British Nation; as, that one Englishman…

— Joseph Addison

“How many times had she jumped on Dirk’s case for uttering a racial slur, a sexist remark, an unkind observation about someone…

— G.A. McKevett

Once you get past the grand normative claims made in the West for literature, especially the novel, in the post-Christian era -…

— Pankaj Mishra

When dealing with people, let us remember that we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of…

— Dale Carnegie

Every gay who is in the closet is ultimately a threat to the freedom of gays. I don't want to seem intolerant…

— Bayard Rustin

A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise…

— George Washington

“If you are ready to learn and evolve, there is hope for you yet - if not, the world will pity you…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Some of us make it out. But the game is played with loaded dice. I wish I had known more, and I…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather…

— Martin Freeman

Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.

— Charles Kennedy

“Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't.”

— DaShanne Stokes

“It is all about the trade of ignorance. And India is such a bronze-age nation that is filled with these trades (astrology,…

— Abhijit Naskar

All the Freudian system is impregnated with the prejudice which it makes it its mission to fight -- the prejudice that everything…

— Simone Weil

We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion.

— David Suzuki

Prejudice and discrimination based on our differences is an unfortunate fact of life.

— Bonnie Hammer

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

— Kate Smith

There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.

— Hosea Ballou

“Every generation is inculcated in traditions of prejudice which are encouraged as normal, natural and healthy.”

— Bryant McGill

If you can find a way to confound people's prejudices, restore the humanity of people, individuals, you restore them to life.

— Jon Lee Anderson

Always put yourself in the others shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

— Abhishek Tiwari

There's still a really divisive residue in our nation that's called racism and prejudice and oppression and sexism.

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

For the ordinary man, whose mind is a checkerboard of criss-crossing reflections, opinions, and prejudices, bare attention is virtually impossible.

— Philip Kapleau