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“Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest consideration, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice.”

Humans Made Dies Force Attention Subjects Mankind Honest Degrees Prejudice Innovation Productions Unconscious Consideration New Things Human Wisdom Early Death

Author:Bill Vaughan

“We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think in fact they do so.”

People Thinking World Facts Dies Views Effort Opposites Prejudice Tendencies Conform

Book:Mortals and Others

Source: Mortals and Others

“I think the important thing about sisters is that they share the same minute, familiar life-style, the same little sets of rules. Therefore they can keep house with each other late in life, because they share the same bunch of housewifely prejudices. The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups.”

Thinking Men Littles Stills Important Reason Today Dies House Share Minutes Style Late Prejudice Important Things Bunch Familiar Retiring Polish Life Style

Author:Margaret Mead

“There is 'a time to be born' - and born again, free of accumulated, encrusted sores of fears and prejudices, old hates, of cancerous wounds, old prides. And there is a time to die - a time for the blue, unburied child of our young years to be decently interred - and to get on with the living.”

Years Children Young Hate Dies Born Pride Prejudice Blue Wounds Adulthood Born Again

Author:Josephine Winslow Johnson

“There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die.”

People Stills Dies Born Generations Racism Prejudice Older People

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“It's not going to be a straight upward progression, but there's no doubt that consciousness is growing. Prejudices die regularly in the Western world. We don't burn witches anymore.”

World Dies Consciousness Doubt Growing Prejudice Western No Doubt Witch Progression Western World Straight Up

Author:John Shelby Spong

“There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots.”

Ifs Facts Young Dies Simple Security Expression Comfort Prejudice Prepared Males Idiot Preserves Heroism Elders Shortage Scarcity

Author:Iain Banks

“Well, my dear," said Mr. Bennet, when Elizabeth had read the note aloud, "if your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness—if she should die, it would be a comfort to know that it was all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley, and under your orders.”

Ifs Knows Should Wells Said Would Be Order Dies Dangerous Fit Comfort Daughter Should Have Prejudice Notes Dear Illness Pursuit Your Daughter Mrs Bennet

Book:Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

“Firstly, the farmers, the most stupid set of people in existence, who, clinging to feudal prejudices, burst forth in masses, ready to die rather than cease to obey those whom they, their fathers and grandfathers, had called their masters; and submitted to be trampled on and horse-whipped by.”

People Dies Father Existence Stupid Ready Masters Mass Horse Prejudice Cease Farmers Grandfather Clinging Ready To Die Fathers And Grandfathers

Author:Friedrich Engels

“I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”

“Of all the old prejudices that cling to the hem of the woman's garments and persistently impede her progress, none holds faster than this. The idea that she owes service to a man instead of to herself, and that it is her highest duty to aid his development rather than her own, will be the last to die.”

Men Ideas Lasts Dies Progress Duty Development Highest Prejudice Aids Faster Garments Hold Fast Hem

Author:Susan B. Anthony

“The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.”

Dies Too Much Cost Prejudice Sheets Ku Klux Klan

Author:Thurgood Marshall

“A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives.”

Men Mind Dies Force Memories Situation Lord He Man Difficulty Prejudice Fortune Encounters

Book:Irish eloquence: The speeches of the celebrated Irish orators, Philips, Curran and Grattan

Source: Irish eloquence: The speeches of the celebrated Irish orators, Philips, Curran and Grattan