Wednesday, 16 June 2010

16. Prejudice

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. Colossians 3:11

He hears but half when he hears only one party. > Aeschylus

Prejudice is the child of ignorance. > William Hazlitt

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. > The Declaration of Independence

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence. > Francis Jeffrey

If we were to wake up morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and colour, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon. > George Aiken

The people who are the most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all. > G. K. Chesterton

Prejudice is a mist, which, in our journey through the world, often dims the brightest, and obscures the best of all the good and glorious objects that meet us on our way. > Lord Shaftesbury

Prejudice squints when it looks, and lies when it talks. > Duchess de Abrantes

There are only two ways to be quite unprejudiced and impartial. One is to be completely ignorant. The other is to be completely indifferent. Bias and prejudice are attitudes to be kept in hand, not attitudes to be avoided. > Charles Curtis

Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices. > Knute Rockne

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices – just recognize them. > Edward R. Murrow

See also Matthew 22:39; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21.

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