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The varieties of prejudice are infinite.
 

For each of us who have turned a blind eye to prejudice, hatred, and racism, it is just as much our fault as theirs.
 

Hate is sometimes simply misplaced fear.
 

Racism is an easy word to define: ignorance.
 

The world’s largest social disease is prejudice.
 

The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree
I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed.
I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
            Lord Byron
 

Deep within us all are the seeds of hate for what is different. We do not have to be taught these things. We have to be taught not to give in to them. They are in our blood; but in our minds is the charity and the love to overcome them.
 

It is not war that leads to murderous excesses, but hate. Hatred is like a plague. It is all-consuming, and it springs from man to man. Our enemies become demons, their wives the mothers of demons, their children infant demons. We tell stories of our enemies eating babies, - our hearts turn dark and, in turn, we visit a terrible retribution upon those we now hate. But hatred never dies. We plant the seeds of it in every action inspired by it. Kill a man and his son will grow to hate you and seek revenge. When he obtains that revenge, his son will learn to hate him.

There are only three ways to deal with an enemy: Destroy him, run away from him, or befriend him. The man who has come to hate you will never befriend you.
            David Gemmel - "Sword in the Storm"