The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy; and a thoughtless, frightened search for a sc…
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Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.
People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.
All prejudices emanate from the bowels. – Sitting still – is the real sin against the Holy Ghost.
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.
It's impossible not to tie your opinions to your concept of self. And often, people tie those things so closely together that they begin defending their guesses as if they're defending their very lives. In a way, they are. This is why it can be so impossible to talk about certain topics with certain…
There is more love and acceptance in this world than hate & exclusion. Don’t let the vocal bigots of this world make you question your value
To separate the most pure gold of truth from every debasing alloy.
If the only time you have a public opinion on civil violence in this country is when police face harm or sadly, death, then you come across as disingenuous, your intentions, suspicious, and your perspective, riddled with bias and prejudice. Empathy is not a limited resource.
History doesn't always move forward.
Fraternity is better, and bridges are better than walls.
If you can separate the KKK and Westboro from Christianity then you should be able to separate ISIS from Islam.
Of course, there were doubters. Between journalists who sell newspapers by creating controversy, and established politicians eager to preserve the status quo that in turn preserves their jobs, there were many “experts” predicting my demise. They’ve been reading the “polls.” They’ve been listening to…
I know that men are likely to bring what are only their prejudices to the judgment of alien peoples. Avoiding that is one of the main purposes of education. But trying to prevent it by removing the authority of men's reason is to render ineffective the instrument that can correct their prejudices. T…