Marie Corelli Quotes

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.

Bigotry is the sacred disease, and self-conceit tells lies.

How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

Muslims have been hating us for centuries ….

A certain moral imbecility marks all ethnocentric movements.

It must be awful, being a homophobe.

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.

The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

A bigot is simply a sociologist without credentials.

Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

At my advanced age, I know I am not an anti-Semite, not even vaguely or remotely, but others would seem to know better, as false accusers always do.

You know, people aren't always the most open-minded.

If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'

If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.