Charlayne Hunter-Gault Quotes

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?

If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

You can’t have opinions unless you have information.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness.

Though what we accept be true, it is a prejudice unless we ourselves have considered and understood why and how it is true.

Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.

In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.

A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.

When you're fighting for social justice, one of my biggest pet peeves is speaking out of ignorance.

If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding what the real issues are and therefore they listen to pundits on television who tell them what they are supposed to think and they keep repeating that until pretty soon they say, 'Oh, well that must be true.'

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices.

The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read.