Prejudice Quotes


Prejudice not being funded on reason cannot be removed by argument. Samuel Johnson Prejudice 512
Reasoning against prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without visibly affecting the prejudice. Mildmay Prejudice 136
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. Edward R. Murrow Prejudice 111
Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. Joseph Addison Prejudice 105
Prejudice is a mist, which in our journey through the world often dims the brightest and obscures the best of all the good and glorious objects that meet us on our way. Lord Shaftesbury Prejudice 98
In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. Edmund Burke Prejudice 96
There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice. William Hazlitt Prejudice 95
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. Booker T. Washington Prejudice 94
Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence. Proverbs Prejudice 94
Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. Lord Chesterfield Prejudice 93
He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil. Tryon Edwards Prejudice 93
No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as if they were aged parents and monitors. They may in the end prove wiser than he. William Hazlitt Prejudice 92
Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor. Eric Hoffer Prejudice 90
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. Quentin Crisp Prejudice 88
Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself. William Dean Howells Prejudice 88
So few men are really worth knowing, that it seems a shameful waste to let an anthropoid prejudice stand in the way of free association with one who is. H. L. Mencken Prejudice 87
The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class. Walter Lippmann Prejudice 85
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. Remy De Gourmont Prejudice 83
People with a culture of poverty suffer much less from repression than we of the middle class suffer and indeed, if I may make the suggestion with due qualification, they often have a hell of a lot more fun than we have. Brian Friel Prejudice 82
Prejudices are the principles of people we dislike. John P. Grier Prejudice 82
A great number of people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James Prejudice 82
Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks. Duchess Abrantes Prejudice 81
We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change places with an easy and blessed facility. Mark Twain Prejudice 81
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand Rabindranath Tagore Prejudice 80
For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. Luther Burbank Prejudice 79
The junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudices of the American people that he has started a prairie fire which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control. J. William Fulbright Prejudice 79
Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference. Ralph Waldo Emerson Prejudice 78
If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost. Michel Foucault Prejudice 76
Throughout History, Empires have persecuted the great agitators; Noah, Socrates, Jesus, Columbus, Voltaire, Charles Darwin, Gandhi, the US Founding Fathers, Martin Luther King, Jr. et. al. Don Mashak Prejudice 75
The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand. Ralph Waldo Emerson Prejudice 75
It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless. James Baldwin Prejudice 75
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. Joseph Addison Prejudice 74
We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. Eric Hoffer Prejudice 74
We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end. G. K. Chesterton Prejudice 74
Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence. Oliver Goldsmith Prejudice 73
The most learned are often the most narrow minded. William Hazlitt Prejudice 73
I wander if there really is a brave man with a really good imagination? If hypocrisy was destructive to the environment the world would have ended a long, long time ago. Source Unknown Prejudice 73
One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring. H. L. Mencken Prejudice 73
Our prejudices are our robbers, they rob us valuable things in life. Source Unknown Prejudice 72
Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits. Friedrich von Schiller Prejudice 69
You cant dwell on what might have been...and its not fair to condemn him for something he hasnt done. Grandpa Chet Wendelin Van Draanen Prejudice 68
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. Eric Hoffer Prejudice 68
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them. Edward R. Murrow Prejudice 68
Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. Shirley Chisholm Prejudice 68
Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice. Allan Bloom Prejudice 65
Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often needed but seldom minded. Lord Chesterfield Prejudice 64
A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support. Ambrose Bierce Prejudice 64
Prejudice is the child of ignorance. William Hazlitt Prejudice 63
Hitler said that categories were the greatest tool a leader can use to control people and set them against each other. We should stop categorizing each other for all of the misconceptions that it causes. James Dye Prejudice 62
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. Edwin Hubbell Chapin Prejudice 61

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