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bigotry

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The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.

The practice or tenets of a bigot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation. Coretta Scott King

All men feel something of an honorable bigotry for the objects which have long continued to please them. William Wordsworth

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it. Rabindranath Tagore

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education and free discussion are the antidotes of both. Thomas Jefferson

The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer. Albert Einstein

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts. Anna Quindlen

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