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- Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others...
- Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.
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- The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. — George Berkeley
- It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. — Ambrose Bierce
- Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God… — William Jennings Bryan
- If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. — Lord Byron
- There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything. — Lord Byron
- Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
- Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials,… — Linda Chavez
- Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls. — Emile M. Cioran
- In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope… — John Henrik Clarke
- Although individuals may be highly intelligent, they are sometimes dogged by skepticism and doubts. They are clever, but they tend to be… — Dalai Lama
- Too much openness and you accept every notion, idea, and hypothesis-which is tantamount to knowing nothing. Too much skepticism-especially rejection of new… — Carl Sagan