Max Winkler Quotes

Well, I try to not view things through a prism of anti-Semitism, because often, people will use that as a sort of knee-jerk reaction to any criticism of Jews.

That’s like blaming the witch for the witch hunt.

I should have no compassion on these witches; I should burn them all.

Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.

The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.

Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.

No people in the history of the world have ever been so misunderstood, so misjudged, and so cruelly maligned.

Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people have something against me. But you know how it is. A lot of people vent themselves by coming to the stadium to yell at me. I hope it's not racism. I tell myself that it's not racism; it's because I'm tough, and I repeat this to myself.

How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

I think it's so easy to be judgmental of other people's decisions.

At my advanced age, I know I am not an anti-Semite, not even vaguely or remotely, but others would seem to know better, as false accusers always do.

Discrimination is a disease.

I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche.

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

What strikes the historian surveying anti-Semitism worldwide over more than two millennia is its fundamental irrationality. It seems to make no sense, any more than malaria or meningitis makes sense.

If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.

Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected.

There was no reason to label us as anti-Semitic.

I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic.

We are so vocal about what we hate.

I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.