“Require nothing unreasonable of your officers and men, but see that whatever is required be punctually complied with. Reward and punish every man according to his merit, without partiality or prejudice; hear his complaints; if well founded, redress them; if otherwise, discourage them, in order to prevent frivolous ones. Discourage vice in every shape, and impress upon the mind of every man, from the first to the lowest, the importance of the cause, and what it is they are contending for.” IfsMenMindFirstsWellsOrderCausesShapesImportancePrejudiceRewardsVicesEvery ManMeritOfficersImpressComplaintsLowestDiscouragingUnreasonableFrivolousRedressContendingPartiality Book:Maxims of George Washington: Political, Military, Social, Moral, and Religious Source: Maxims of George Washington: Political, Military, Social, Moral, and Religious
“There are many prejudices about art, and first among them is that it is a skill and that there are definite rules.” FirstsArtSkillsPrejudiceDefinite Author:Wolf Kahn
“Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.” FirstsBigsHappensActionActingStepsBreakPlansPrejudicePlanningFirst StepsBiasBiasedSmall Steps Author:Indira Gandhi
“I watched the Star Wars trilogy with some good friends of mine for the first time in a few years, I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies-one of those first mashup books-and then I went to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with my family.” YearsFirstsBookWarStarsMinesPrideFirst TimeMy FamilyPrejudiceGood FriendZombieFestivalsOregonTrilogiesMashups Author:Ian Doescher
“In an essay 10 years ago, I pointed out that it is utterly logical for polygamy rights to follow gay rights. After all, if traditional marriage is defined as the union of (1) two people of (2) opposite gender, and if, as advocates of gay marriage insist, the gender requirement is nothing but prejudice, exclusion and an arbitrary denial of one's autonomous choices in love, then the first requirement - the number restriction (two and only two) - is a similarly arbitrary, discriminatory and indefensible denial of individual choice.” PeopleIfsYearsFirstsTwoChoicesIndividualNumbersRightsGayYears AgoOppositesPrejudiceUnionsGenderTraditionalDefinedDenialLogicalRequirementsEssaysArbitraryGay MarriageRestrictionGay RightsExclusionPolygamyAutonomousTraditional MarriageIndividual Choice Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time in the yet unclear mirror of his understanding; study the first examples which strike his eyes; listen to the first words which arouse within him the slumbering power of thought; watch the first struggles which he has to undergo; only then will you comprehend the source of his prejudices, the habits, and the passions which are to rule his life. The entire man, so to speak, comes fully formed in the wrappings of his cradle.” MenWorldFirstsLooksChildrenEyeMotherPassionSpeakUnderstandingStepsWatchesStruggleStudyExampleSourceArmsHabitFirst TimePrejudiceMirrorsStrikesHis EyesCradleBack In TimeWrappingPower Of ThoughtUnclear Author:Alexis de Tocqueville