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Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and “patriotism” . . .

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There is a story of an Oxford student who once remarked, “I despise all Americans, but have never met one I didn’t like.”
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If a person is capable of rectifying his erroneous judgments in the light of new evidence he is not prejudiced.
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Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.
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A good parent, a good neighbour, a good citizen, is not good because his specific goals are acceptable, but because his successive goals are ordered to a dependable and socially desirable set of values. (1947)
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As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.
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But there are innumerable instances in human life where a single association, never reinforced, results in the establishment of a life-long dynamic system.
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Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and “patriotism” . . .
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The specific goals we set for ourselves are almost always subsidiary to our long range intentions.
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People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.
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It is not that we have class prejudice, but only that we find comfort and ease in our own class. And normally there are plenty of people of our own class, or race, or religion to play, live, and eat with, and to marry.
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Extreme bigots are almost always super-patriots.
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It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed.
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The scientist, by the very nature of his commitment, creates more and more questions, never fewer.
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Each must find out for himself, and must accept the responsibility that his answer prescribes. If he succeeds he will continue to grow in spite of all indignities.
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Life is too short so we must generalize.
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Reason adapts impulses and beliefs into the real world; rationalization, on the other hand, adapts the concept of reality to the impulses and beliefs of the individual.
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