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A prejudice is a preconceived belief, opinion, or judgment toward a group of people or a single person because of race, social class, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, disability, political beliefs , religion, line of work or other personal characteristics. It also means a priori beliefs ...
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Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.

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All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye.

All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye.

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The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

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All colors will agree in the dark.

All colors will agree in the dark.

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The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.

The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.

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A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

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Our prejudices are our robbers, they rob us valuable things in life.

Our prejudices are our robbers, they rob us valuable things in life.

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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.

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.

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The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

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It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.

It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.

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There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

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

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

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There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

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Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.

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One can only give an unbiased opinion about things that do not interest one, which is no doubt the reason an unbiased opinion is always valueless. The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.

One can only give an unbiased opinion about things that do not interest one, which is no doubt the reason an unbiased opinion is always valueless. The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.

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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.

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Prejudice is a great timesaver. It enables you to form opinions without bothering to get facts.

Prejudice is a great timesaver. It enables you to form opinions without bothering to get facts.

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Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.

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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.

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.

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America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.

America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.

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He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.

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Prejudice not being funded on reason cannot be removed by argument.

Prejudice not being funded on reason cannot be removed by argument.

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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

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Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

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

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If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

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It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

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

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

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Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races.

Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races.

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Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

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Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of naught but prejudice!

Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of naught but prejudice!

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I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

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

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

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I wander if there really is a brave man with a really good imagination? If hypocrisy was destructive to the environment the world would have ended a long, long time ago.

I wander if there really is a brave man with a really good imagination? If hypocrisy was destructive to the environment the world would have ended a long, long time ago.

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Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood -- we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.

Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood -- we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.

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Destroy it. There may be a redistribution of the land, but the natural inequality of men soon re-creates an inequality of possessions and privileges, and raises to power a new minority with essentially the same instincts as the old.

Destroy it. There may be a redistribution of the land, but the natural inequality of men soon re-creates an inequality of possessions and privileges, and raises to power a new minority with essentially the same instincts as the old.

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No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as if they were aged parents and monitors. They may in the end prove wiser than he.

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as if they were aged parents and monitors. They may in the end prove wiser than he.

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