Disposition Quote by Baron de Montesquieu

“It is well known, that, in all questions submitted to the understanding, prejudice is destructive of sound judgment, and perverts all operations of the…

— David Hume

“But to minds strongly marked by the positive and negative qualities that create severity,— strength of will, conscious rectitude of purpose, narrowness of imagination…

— George Eliot

Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare.

— Abdu'l-Bahá

Prejudice of the learned. - The learned judge correctly that people of all ages have believed they know what is good and evil, praise-…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

— Samuel Richardson

REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.

— Ambrose Bierce

Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.

— William Hazlitt

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

— Joseph Addison

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

— Roger Ebert

Prejudices of all kinds have their strongest holds in the minds of the vulgar and the ignorant.

— Lydia M. Child

“Prejudice is the emotional commitment to ignorance.”

— Nathan Rutstein

Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without visibly affecting the prejudice

— Charles Mildmay