Thomas Hauser Quotes

I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.

I just want to see more understanding and less racism in sports.

If we could truly experience one another, we could end bigotry.

There's nothing I love more in life than turning around a bigot.

My campaign confirmed my belief that although there are bigots in America, whose hateful rhetoric seizes the media's attention, the vast majority of people do not harbor such prejudice.

Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.

No one is born hating others.

You can fill this table up with people who are racist, homophobic, Satanist worshippers, sexist and we can be arguing but if you put on a song, I guarantee that people will stop and listen and that's what I love about music, it can bring people together.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

You can legislate against discrimination, but you can't legislate compassion, understanding and good will.

I found no better way of dealing with the race problem as to interact with all other people as if discrimination did not exist.

Experience tells us that people are not born with the innate ability nor the wish to see the Other as an equal individual in society. Pride in one’s separate identity can be so strong that it obscures the intrinsic value of other identities. Pluralism is a value that must be taught.

If we are going to teach the world not to hate the other, then we will have to start with children.

To help keep diversity a wellspring of strength and make America a better place for all, I pledge to have respect for people whose abilities, beliefs, culture, race, sexual identity or other characteristics are different from my own.

Racism has a very quick expiration date when exposed to actual contact with people.

When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.

We must heal the divisions caused by intolerance and bigotry.

I'm not anti-Muslim; I'm not anti-immigration.

I'd like to make one thing very clear: Muhammad Ali loved people, and he had white friend as well as black friends - and the only thing that he hated was discrimination and racism.

If you have any racist friends, it's on you to stop that immediately and let them know why that's not right, or what's wrong with the way they think or just opening their eyes and allowing them to understand what's wrong with their thought process because, to be honest, I mean, we're all human.

We have to look beyond what we see as the typical, the 'normal package,' and just see people as who they are. We all have to learn and get along a little better in society.

It's not diversity that is going to destroy us, but fear of diversity.

Contact is the best medicine against hate, racism and prejudice. It's something that we should be very wary of, the more segregation we have, the more of a problem that's going to be.

I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport.

We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.