Ignorance And Prejudice Quotes

Ignorance And Prejudice Quotes by George Orwell, Lord Chesterfield, Roger Ebert, W. E. B. Du Bois, Kofi Annan, Voltaire and many others.

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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.
George Orwell
Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice.
Lord Chesterfield
I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.
Roger Ebert
Race prejudice decreases values, both real estate and human.
W. E. B. Du Bois
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.
Kofi Annan
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
Voltaire
Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
Adlai E. Stevenson
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.
H. G. Wells
Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind.
Joseph Addison
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson