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Prejudice Quotes

"Bigotry is the sacred disease."

"Bigotry is the sacred disease."

Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher

Prejudice, Bigotry, Disease

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"Is the drive to refuse gay blood a fear of contracting HIV/AIDS, or is it an embodiment of the irrational fear that receiving blood from gay people will somehow make them gay?"

"Is the drive to refuse gay blood a fear of contracting HIV/AIDS, or is it an embodiment of the irrational fear that receiving blood from gay people will somehow make them gay?"

Christina Engela, South African Author

Prejudice, Fear, Blood, Health

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"The descendants of European immigrants do not govern the United States of America today. The foreign and domestic policies of the country are made by the Jews and their lackeys."

"The descendants of European immigrants do not govern the United States of America today. The foreign and domestic policies of the country are made by the Jews and their lackeys."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

Prejudice, America, Country, States, Today

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"Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down."

"Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down."

Francis J. Grimke, American Clergyman

Prejudice, Race

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"Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding."

"Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding."

Thomas Willis, English Scientist

Prejudice, Understanding, Weakness

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"When it comes to things such as sugar and rice, most people believe that brown is superior to white. But when it comes to human beings, they believe that the opposite is true."

"When it comes to things such as sugar and rice, most people believe that brown is superior to white. But when it comes to human beings, they believe that the opposite is true."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Prejudice, Truth, Regret, Power, Wisdom

5

"Let me explain something when I'm talking about sin, and I'm talking about all sin. One of the biggest ones that has been talked about that has really become a debate in America is homosexuality."

"Let me explain something when I'm talking about sin, and I'm talking about all sin. One of the biggest ones that has been talked about that has really become a debate in America is homosexuality."

Reggie White, American Athlete

Prejudice, America, Debate, Homosexuality, Sin

5

"Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected."

"Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected."

Marilyn French, American Author

Prejudice, Inferiority, Ideals

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"Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there."

"Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

Prejudice, Right, School

5

"The diplomatic representatives of the United States of America to other nations are almost entirely Jews."

"The diplomatic representatives of the United States of America to other nations are almost entirely Jews."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

Prejudice, America, Nations, States, United

5

"Islamophobia defines whether a person is really a thinking and sentient sapiens or an ignorant caveman."

"Islamophobia defines whether a person is really a thinking and sentient sapiens or an ignorant caveman."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Prejudice, Ignorance, Truth, Wisdom, Regret

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"There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice."

"There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

5

"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."

"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Prejudice, Burden, Past, Future

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"Homophobia is the ignorant and arrogant assumption that copulation and reproduction is all there is to a relationship."

"Homophobia is the ignorant and arrogant assumption that copulation and reproduction is all there is to a relationship."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Prejudice, Ignorance, Arrogance, Relationship

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"One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the harmful biases dictate our behavior."

"One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the harmful biases dictate our behavior."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Prejudice, Bias, Truth, Power, Life

4

"I have no prejudice against male or female."

"I have no prejudice against male or female."

John Lone, American Actor

4

"Islamophobia may not actually be considered as a medical condition, unlike a medical condition, it is nothing but a primordial disgrace to the character of thinking humanity."

"Islamophobia may not actually be considered as a medical condition, unlike a medical condition, it is nothing but a primordial disgrace to the character of thinking humanity."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Prejudice, Truth, Power, Regret, Inspirational

4

"Rosies mother was a highly strung bundle of barely thought-through prejudices, worries and feuds."

"Rosies mother was a highly strung bundle of barely thought-through prejudices, worries and feuds."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Prejudice, Worry, Social, Family

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"It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made."

"It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Prejudice, Reason, Emotion, Gender, Mind

3

"...but prejudices, like odorous bodies, have a double existence both solid and subtle - solid as the pyramids, subtle as the twentieth echo of an echo, or as the memory of hyacinths which once scented the darkness."

"...but prejudices, like odorous bodies, have a double existence both solid and subtle - solid as the pyramids, subtle as the twentieth echo of an echo, or as the memory of hyacinths which once scented the darkness."

George Eliot, British Author

Prejudice, Memory, Subtlety, Perception

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"Someone asked me years ago if it were true that I disliked Jews, and I replied that it was certainly true, not at all because they are Jews but because they are folks, and I don't like folks."

"Someone asked me years ago if it were true that I disliked Jews, and I replied that it was certainly true, not at all because they are Jews but because they are folks, and I don't like folks."

Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher

Prejudice, Years

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"Man cannot be homophobic without having concerned himself with another's sex life."

"Man cannot be homophobic without having concerned himself with another's sex life."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Prejudice, Society, Sexuality, Identity

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"We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated."

"We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated."

Edward James Olmos, American Actor

Prejudice, Today, Years

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"Fundamentalism not only fuels devastating acts of violence, but also all kinds of primitive prejudicial behaviors, such as Misogyny, Polygamy, Homophobia, and Islamophobia."

"Fundamentalism not only fuels devastating acts of violence, but also all kinds of primitive prejudicial behaviors, such as Misogyny, Polygamy, Homophobia, and Islamophobia."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Prejudice, Truth, Power, Life

3

"Chances are that there are white people who brag about being the first to move out of a suburb that has been intruded by blacks."

"Chances are that there are white people who brag about being the first to move out of a suburb that has been intruded by blacks."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Prejudice, Truth, Life, Wisdom, Power

3

"Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room."

"Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Prejudice, Custom

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"People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with. One does not banish this specter by invoking it. If I would not vote against someone on the grounds of 'race' or 'gender' alone, then by the exact same token I would not cast a vote in his or her favor for the identical reason. Yet see how this obvious question makes fairly intelligent people say the most alarmingly stupid things."

"People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with. One does not banish this specter by invoking it. If I would not vote against someone on the grounds of 'race' or 'gender' alone, then by the exact same token I would not cast a vote in his or her favor for the identical reason. Yet see how this obvious question makes fairly intelligent people say the most alarmingly stupid things."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Prejudice, Reason, Equality, Judgment

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