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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black read more
The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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.
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling read more
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudice, and motivated by pride and vanity.
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.
Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for read more
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.
Prejudice is being down on something you're not up on.
Prejudice is being down on something you're not up on.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly read more
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.
