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Prejudice quotes

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“It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism.” Nelson Mandela, “Long Walk to Freedom” - 1995

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” Mark Twain, “The Innocents Abroad” - 1869

“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” - 16 October 1847

“As a disciple of Mably and Rousseau, he flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.” Anatole France, “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard” - 1881

“It is pleasant to observe by what regular gradations we surmount the force of local prejudice, as we enlarge our acquaintance with the world.” Thomas Paine, “Common Sense” - 1776

“That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don't know nothing about it.” Mark Twain, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” - 1884

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