Definite Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

A bigot is a person who makes an idol of his commitments.

— Howard Thurman

He who is master of all opinions can never be the bigot of any.

— William Rounseville Alger

Bigotry is chronic dogmatism.

— Horace Greeley

He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.

— William Drummond

“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of an eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

Man is a thinking animal, a talking animal, a toolmaking animal, a building animal, a political animal, a fantasizing animal. But, in the twilight…

— Hugh MacLennan

“bigotry to consist in stubborn and unjustified animus toward people, typically (though not always) in the context of a larger system of subordination.”

— John Corvino

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

— James Allen

Man thinks, and at once becomes the master of the beings that do not think.

— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

All of us, whether we are ignorant of philosophy or professors of philosophy, find it easier to follow dogma than to think.

— Martha Nussbaum

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

— Andrew Carnegie

“In some cases, I am able to respect what so many call bigots. Such people have a more solid foundation for drawing their lines…

— Criss Jami