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“Perhaps a revolution can overthrow autocratic despotism and profiteering or power-grabbing oppression, but it can never truly reform a manner of thinking; instead, new prejudices, just like the old ones they replace, will serve as a leash for the great unthinking mass.”

Thinking Revolution Mass Prejudice Oppression Reform Despotism Grabbing Leashes

Book:Perpetual Peace and Other Essays: on Politics, History, and Morals

Source: Perpetual Peace and Other Essays: on Politics, History, and Morals

“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can. We patch and tinker more than we renew. The novelty soaks in; it stains the ancient mass; but it is also tinged by what absorbs it.”

Mind Littles Belief Grows History Mass Prejudice Ancient Spread Spots Novelty Patches Stains Grease

Book:Pragmatism and the Conception of Thruth

Source: Pragmatism and the Conception of Thruth

“By that time it was already clear that the next prime minster was going to be Golda Meir, a woman whom I frankly detested - a mutual sentiment, I might add. I knew her as an opinionated, obstinate person, primitive in her outlook, rigid in her attitudes, with a genius for reaching and exploiting the deepest fears and prejudices of the Jewish masses. I was certain that with her as prime minister, all peace efforts would come to a total standstill.”

“The education that you give to the upper classes will not uproot idolatry and prejudice, for it is amongst the masses that the error and prejudice will always maintain their power, and while you do not uproot those prejudices from the hearts of the masses, a handful of educated Hindus will never be able successfully to reform the country.”

Giving Heart Country Able Class Mass Prejudice Errors Educated Reform Handful Idolatry Upper Class

Author:Keshub Chandra Sen

“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

“Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.”

Government Form Mass Prejudice Majority Democratic Tyranny Vulnerable Forms Of Government Tyranny Of The Majority

Author:Maggie Gallagher

“For ages, a deadly conflict has been waged between a few brave men and women of thought and genius upon the one side, and the great ignorant religious mass on the other. This is the war between Science and Faith. The few have appealed to reason, to honor, to law, to freedom, to the known, and to happiness here in this world. The many have appealed to prejudice, to fear, to miracle, to slavery, to the unknown, and to misery hereafter. The few have said "Think" The many have said "Believe!"”

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by officialdom and prejudices. Such freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of people by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorship.”

Source: Progress, coexistence, and intellectual freedom

“In attacking the young, the liberal, and the black, Daley was in the mainstream of America's mass prejudices. The Democratic party may have suffered by his actions, but Daley came out...even more popular than before because bust their heads was the mood of the land and Daley had swung the biggest club.”

May Action America Young Black Party Land Mass Prejudice Democratic Clubs Mood Mainstream Attacking Democratic Party

Author:Mike Royko