Immaculee Ilibagiza Quotes

Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.

Denying any person their humanity is a game we should all stop playing.

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

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

I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.

When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence.

No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.

Harrison and his ilk believe that the Displaced Person is a human being, which he is not, and this applies particularly to the Jews, who are lower than animals.

What is repugnant to every human being is to be reckoned always as a member of a class and not as an individual person.

We have seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty. At times, it can seem like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. Argument turns too easily into animosity. Disagreement escalates into dehumanization. Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions.

I think there's always going to be some kind of bigotry or some kind of racism. There has to be, because people can't feel that they have any hero qualities unless there's someone beneath them.

To support policies that dehumanise others is to dehumanise yourself.

I always say that tolerance doesn't depend on a country, because there is hate everywhere.

Our leaders must hold themselves to a higher standard and ensure their words and actions do not promote hate or hurtful anti-Semitic stereotypes.

I came from a lot of intolerance and prejudice, which aren't necessarily healthy to evolve as a human.

It seems to be part of the human condition to need someone you can look down on. I still don't get that one.

I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion.

Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.

The idea of some people being less than people is poison to any society and needs to be named as such in order to halt its spread before it turns the soul of a society septic.

I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.

I still find that a kind of stricture of the heart happens when I see any form of bigoted or racist behaviour. I get an actual pain in my heart.

I don't slam doors in people's faces, and I'm not a bigot.

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.