A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
A prejudice is an opinion without visible support. Ambrose Bierce's definition from his Devil's Dictionary is sharp and memorable.
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A pastor visited a man whose wife, being a Christian, requested the visit. Simon had been attending church with his wife…
— Louis Torres
Prejudice is the child of ignorance. –William Hazlitt, "On Prejudice," Sketches and Essays, 1839
— William Hazlitt
Alexander Pope aptly described the prejudiced person not only of his day but also of our own when he wrote: “It is with …
— Alexander Pope
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
— Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“No, I don’t know that man, and I don’t want to know him. If I knew him, I might not hate him, and I want to hate him.”
— Sidney Smith
A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still.
— Samuel Butler
