“A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to a...” — Gordon W. Allport Quote

“A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it.”

“Open-mindedness is considered to be a virtue. But, strictly speaking, it cannot occur. A new experience must be redacted into old categories. We cannot handle each event freshly in its own right. If we did so, of what use would past experience be?”

“As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.”

“What the Labour movement is about is a broad mass of people actively engaged in a democratic process.”

“A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change.”

“As a born-again Christian, I believe God actively and directly influences me to action.”