Prejudice Quotes
I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.Johann Kaspar Lavate
Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen.Albert Einstein
Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have survived a long process of trial and error and of ceaseless response to changing circumstances. If the system works well on the whole, it is a lucky accident - - The luckiest, indeed, that can befall a society.Edward C. Banfield
Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.Francis Jeffrey
When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.Dale Carnegie
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.Thomas Jefferson
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.Edward R. Murrow
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are not even capable of forming such opinions.Albert Einstein
Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Corporations have been enthroned.... An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people... until wealth is aggregated in a few hands... and the Republic is destroyed.Abraham Lincoln
Prejudice is the reasoning of fools.Author Unknown
I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.Albert Einstein
Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 13, 1940
I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort.Andre Bernard Buruch
Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience.Azel Backus
I have a prejudice against people who print things in a foreign language and add no translation. When I am the reader, and the other considers me able to do the translating myself, he pays me the quite a nice compliment - - But if he would do the translating for me I would try to get along without the compliment. A Tramp Abroad, 1880.Mark Twain
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - Just recognize them.Edward R. Murrow, television broadcast, December 31, 1955
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.Thomas Jefferson
There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.Samuel Johnson
The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.Frederick The Great
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.Albert Einstein
Prejudice squints when it looks, and lies when it talks.Duchess de Abrantes
