Allies Quote by julio alexi genao

“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

“Bigots often like to say they're the ones being hurt as they oppress and hurt others. Never fall for the 'pity the privileged' routine.”

— DaShanne Stokes

“Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules, Who arms with bigot zeal the hand of fools.”

— Voltaire

“Most bigots are sincere.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“In these our cowardly times, we deny the grandeur of the Universal, and assert and glorify our local Bigotries, and so we cannot agree…

— Salman Rushdie

“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

“Bigotry that is known and visible is bigotry that can be challenged.”

— DaShanne Stokes

“Even the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, with their commitment to reason, failed to recognize the ways they stereotyped others.”

— Phyllis Goldstein

“The most humble people, have a special kind of wisdom that only the most enlightened or highly diabolical can feel.”

— Robin Sacredfire

“A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best.”

— Timothy Snyder

“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

“The mass of the educated spend their lives commenting lazily on the ideas of others. They engage their best energies in sadistic practices against…

— Elena Ferrante