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Prejudice Quotes - Page 15

Acknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection.

Tariq Ramadan (2009). “Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity”, p.2, Kube Publishing Ltd

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (1993). “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years”, p.72, Kodansha America

To be prejudiced is always to be weak; yet there are prejudices so near to laudable that they have been often praised and are always pardoned.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, Francis Pearson Walesby (1825). “Reviews, political tracts, and Lives of eminent persons”, p.225

To be prejudiced is the privilege of the thinking human being. ... The open mind is the empty mind.

Rose Macaulay (1922). “Mystery at Geneva: An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings”

Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.

Nicolas Malebranche (2014). “Dialogues on Metaphysics”, p.200, Routledge

If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both races.

Nelson A. Miles (1992). “Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire”, p.339, U of Nebraska Press

Prejudice is a form of untruthfulness, and untruthfulness is an insidious form of injustice.

"Did 9/11 Make Us Morally 'Better'?" by Miroslav Volf, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 7, 2011.