"Men's prejudices rest upon their character for..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Men's prejudices rest upon their character for the time being and cannot be overcome, as being part and parcel of themselves. Neither evidence nor common sense nor reason has the slightest influence upon them.
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“Antisemitism, for instance, is simply not the doctrine of a grown-up person.”
“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.”
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