Adopted Quote by George Bancroft

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

— George Bancroft

Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.

— Denis Diderot

Prejudice is ignorance.

— Michael Jackson

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

— Samuel Richardson

“Prejudice is the emotional commitment to ignorance.”

— Nathan Rutstein

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

— William Hazlitt

To break down prejudice is to get to a place of understanding, that can erode the ignorance.

— David Oyelowo

“Prejudice is the pinnacle of self injected ignorance. It enables poor choices to be pre-chosen.”

— Tom Althouse

There are only two ways to be quite unprejudiced and impartial. One is to be completely ignorant. The other is to be completely indifferent.…

— Charles Curtis

Prejudice does not mean false ideas, but only ... opinions adopted before examination.

— Joseph de Maistre

If a person is capable of rectifying his erroneous judgments in the light of new evidence he is not prejudiced. Prejudgments become prejudices only…

— Gordon Allport