Ignorance And Prejudice Quotes

Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind.

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Race prejudice decreases values, both real estate and human.

Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

Everywhere in the world there are ignorance and prejudice, but the greatest complex of these, with the most extensive prestige and the most intimate entanglement with traditional institutions, is the Roman Catholic Church.

Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.

Ignorance and prejudice are the ballast of our ship of state - however, ships without ballast are not seaworthy and cannot sail in the tempests, nor reach a safe harbor.

When you want to organize knowledge. you will be careful to base the classification upon essential qualities. You will thus derive classes in which the members have the greatest amount of resemblance to one another and the greatest amount of difference from the members of other classes. But suppose that, instead of organizing knowledge, you set out to organize ignorance and prejudice. You will then do precisely the opposite.You will keep the classification vague and flexible, so that it can be made to include just whatever individuals you choose.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice.