Memorable Quotes About Prejudice

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"All segregation laws are unjust. Segregation is not only physically separating a person from others; it is also a form of mental slavery."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"To be human is to be prejudiced."
Geoffrey Canada
"Stereotypes are a time saver."
Unknown
"Prejudice, not being derived from reason, cannot be removed by reasoning."
Samuel Johnson
"The only thing we have to fear is the fear of the unknown."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"No one is born hating another person for the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love."
Nelson Mandela
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"The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference."
Elie Wiesel
"Our true nationality is mankind."
H.G. Wells
"What we fear is often a projection of our own biases and prejudices."
Unknown
"Racism is man's gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the two thousand years of the Christian era during which the inalienable rights of man were not extended to all men."
James A. Baldwin
"No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his sense of humor."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity or religion, or culture that divides us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
Audre Lorde
"There is no such thing as a pure race. The concept of racial purity is a myth."
Unknown
"Prejudice obscures reality."
Alfred Adler
"We all belong to a human race, so let's treat each other like humans."
Unknown
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
Mother Teresa
"Prejudice is a poison that contaminates the heart and mind."
Unknown
"Differences are not meant to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another."
Desmond Tutu
"An individual's self-worth is not determined by the outward appearance or societal labels. It is rooted within."
Unknown
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself – and prejudice."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Every human being is entitled to courtesy and dignity."
Mahatma Gandhi
"The highest result of education is tolerance."
Helen Keller
"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hanging question, 'What if they had to chose between love and hate?'"
Ravi Zacharias
"Prejudices are what fools use for reason."
Voltaire
"Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come."
Victor Hugo
"A prejudiced man sees only the part of a person that reflects his prejudices."
Fay Weldon
"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americans."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Our prejudices are like the contents of a pot. Stir it up and you find a little of everything."
Toni Morrison
"The best way to get rid of prejudice is to know people as individuals."
Leslie Stephen
"Prejudice may be a little anger that cannot find the truth."
Anonymous
"The only way to heal our prejudices is through the practice of love and acceptance."
Charles Peaks
"Prejudice is the acceptance of the false as true."
Anonymous
"It is important to be able to distinguish between prejudice and reason."
Gregory F. Augustine Pierce
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"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Socrates
"Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue, and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where people are becoming more and more closely interconnected."
Kofi Annan
"The particular danger of prejudice is that it may nullify the very principle it thinks it is supporting."
Kenneth L. Woodward
"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time."
James Baldwin
"A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Racism is not an easy subject to address because it is a deeply seeded attitude that often masquerades as common sense."
Michael Eric Dyson
"Nothing is more dehumanizing than prejudice."
Shirley Chisholm
"Prejudice is an unjust and negative opinion of a person based on their identity or characteristics."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"Prejudice is the reason behind intolerance."
Gordon Allport
"Racial prejudice is a world problem."
Bobby Seale
"The law cannot sweep away prejudice."
Henry David Thoreau
"Prejudice is a burden that confounds the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible."
Maya Angelou
"The worst thing about prejudice is that it is often invisible to the one who holds it."
Pearl S. Buck
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance against prejudice."
Wendell Willkie
"Prejudice is not just an idea; it is the atmosphere that we breathe and that can choke us."
Gore Vidal
"Prejudice, a vulture, who watches for the carcass of a powerful man’s fall."
Victor Hugo
"Prejudice has a limit, but it's not clear what it is."
Stendhal
"We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges."
Thomas Friedman
"One of the most important meanings of life is to confront our prejudices."
Tony Morrison
"With prejudice, it is as if you’re carrying a poison that impacts not only the person you’re targeting but yourself."
Unknown
"Prejudice is the rock the wise man stands upon and the fool is buried under."
Mark Twain
"I think the fundamental problem is that people fear what they don’t understand."
James Baldwin
"Prejudice often leads to violence and hatred."
Desmond Tutu
"Through excessive contemporary prejudice, individuals can become easily dehumanized."
Brene Brown
"The greatest sin is to be oblivious to the suffering caused by your own prejudices."
Nikita Khrushchev
"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
Audre Lorde
"We will never have peace in the world until the world is free from prejudice."
Aung San Suu Kyi
"Prejudice is the mother of all cruelties."
Pablo Picasso
"The greatest sin is to be unaware of the suffering of others."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"It is never too late to give up your prejudices."
Henry David Thoreau
"Prejudices are what rule the world."
Paul Valéry
"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible."
Maya Angelou
"Prejudice is the twin of ignorance."
Anonymous
"It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity or culture or wealth or religion; it is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
Audre Lorde
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself...nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
Nelson Mandela
"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the wholeness of our civilization."
Mahatma Gandhi
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion."
Nelson Mandela
"Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?"
Marcus Aurelius
"To kill the king is not murder."
Robert Bolt
"Racial prejudice is burdened by ignorance."
Bobby Seale
"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed."
J.K. Rowling
"Bigotry is the raw material of the grave."
Joseph Brodsky
"It is time to speak out boldly against prejudice, no matter where we find it."
Lester B. Pearson
"Prejudice is the parent of all injustice."
Anonymous
"The law cannot be redundant when it comes to justice."
Anonymous
"Conceit, arrogance, and egoism are the elements of a bigot."
Anonymous
"Prejudice is a learned trait; it can be unlearned."
Anonymous
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
Steve Biko
"Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart."
Marguerite Gardiner
"Prejudice is the child of ignorance."
William Hazlitt
"Racism is taught in society, it’s not automatic. It’s not inherent. It’s learned behavior."
Whoopi Goldberg
"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
Michelangelo
"There is no such thing as a 'Pure' race. All of humanity is a blend."
Rachael O. P. O'Mara
"I think we all have prejudice and assumptions, and we can only overcome them if we have the humility to see them."
Olivier de Schutter
"Prejudice and discrimination are not just individual attitudes but social processes."
David John Lutz
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
Elie Wiesel
"We have to learn to live together as brothers or we are going to perish together as fools."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"No one is born a racist; racism is a learned behavior."
Anonymous
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."
Dante Alighieri
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"The only way to deal with prejudice is to carry the experience of it."
Audre Lorde
"It’s time to stand up and shout for our rights, just as boldly as we stand up for our beliefs."
Malala Yousafzai
"Tolerance is the anxious forbearance toward another's unbecoming behavior."
Jessamyn West
"Prejudice is the reason why we judge others too quickly before learning their stories."
Anonymous
"Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness."
Ola Joseph
"What we fear is often a mirror of our own prejudices."
Anonymous
"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem."
Thomas Szasz
"Discrimination is a crime against humanity."
Kofi Annan
"The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings."
Albert Schweitzer
"We can choose to be affected by the world or we can choose to affect the world."
Heidi Wills
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
Maya Angelou
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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