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“In England "The Day After," though unpopular with viewers, seems to have confirmed the average Englishman's mindless prejudice against Kansas. Shortly after the film portrayed that state being turned into an overused barbecue pit by nuclear weapons, support for British nuclear weapons rose a full percentage point.”

States Seems Film Support Weapons Prejudice England Rose Average British Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Viewers Percentages Pits Englishmen Mindless Kansas Barbecue Overused

Author:Emmett Tyrrell

“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices . . . . And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.”

Attitude Weapons Tools Prejudice Pity Bombs Zone Twilight Conquest Explosions Confined Scapegoat Twilight Zone Fallouts

Author:Rod Serling

“There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.”

Peace Records Weapons Prejudice Suspicion Ubuntu Scapegoat Twilight Zone

Author:Rod Serling

“Continue to instruct the world; and - whilst we carry on a poor unequal conflict with the passions and prejudices of our day, perhaps with no better weapons than other passions and prejudices of our own - convey wisdom to future generations.”

World Passion Poor History Generations Conflict Weapons Prejudice Future Generation

Book:The works and correspondence of...Edmund Burke

Source: The works and correspondence of...Edmund Burke

“We have needed to define ourselves by reclaiming the words that define us. They have used language as weapons. When we open ourselves to what they say and how they say it, our narrow prejudices evaporate and we are nourished and armed.”

Used Language Needed Weapons Prejudice

Book:The ladies and the mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys

Source: The ladies and the mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys

“IQ tests are routinely used as weapons against Black people in particular and minority groups and poor people generally. The tests are based on white middle-class standards, and when we score low on them, the results are used to justify the prejudice that we are inferior and unintelligent. Since we are taught to believe that the tests are infallible, they have become a self-fulfilling prophecy that cuts off our initiative and brainwashes us.”

“We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we will see our own minds - our own prejudices, fears, and ignorance.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Looks May War Ignorance Weapons Prejudice Absence Karma Arsenal Great Power

Book:Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change

Source: Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change

“Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice.”

Weapons Prejudice Excellence

Author:David Oyelowo

“Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.”

Feels Force Ability Deals Weapons Argument Prejudice Substance Strongest

Book:Teacher in America

Source: Teacher in America