Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that aren't

Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that aren't

Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks.

Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks.

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or read more

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the read more

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.

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.

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.

Prejudice is being down on something you're not up on.

Prejudice is being down on something you're not up on.

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, read more

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.