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    Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.

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We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions--bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom read more

We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions--bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities.

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Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without visibly affecting the prejudice.

Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without visibly affecting the prejudice.

by Charles Mildmay Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme read more

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

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Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

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Prejudice is the reason of fools

Prejudice is the reason of fools

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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

by Adlai E. Stevenson Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that read more

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.

by Quentin Crisp Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.

A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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