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Gordon Allport Quotes: As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.
         

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


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People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.

People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.



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Personality is and does something...It is what lies behind specific acts and within the individual



Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and "patriotism" . . . Extreme bigots are almost always super-patriots.

Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and "patriotism" . . . Extreme bigots are almost always super-patriots.



Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.

Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.



Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy.

Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy.



Life is too short so we must generalize.

Life is too short so we must generalize.



The mature religious sentiment is ordinarily fashioned in the workshop of doubt.

The mature religious sentiment is ordinarily fashioned in the workshop of doubt.



Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.

Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.



There is a story of an Oxford student who once remarked, "I despise all Americans, but have never met one I didn't like."

There is a story of an Oxford student who once remarked, "I despise all Americans, but have never met one I didn't like."



It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty.

It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty.





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Tell the President to stand up to our enemies, not cower to them or make excuses for them!

Tell the President to stand up to our enemies, not cower to them or make excuses for them!



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Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.



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Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic.



Every time I watch you open those beautiful eyes, I gaze with awe just thinking of how blessed I am to spend the rest of my life with you.

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