“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.”— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“Bigots are actually insecure people who are seeking to feel superior to others.”— L. Sprague de Camp
“I am a conservative, and I know what is and is not a conservative. The religious bigots are not conservatives.”— Barry Goldwater
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.”— Carl T. Rowan
“The essence of the evil of bigotry is that it strips from human beings the very trait which defines them as human: the independent mind.”— Leonard Peikoff
“A man who will not listen to reason is a bigot. A man who cannot listen to reason is a fool. A man who does not dare to listen to reason is a slave.”— Walter Martin
“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.”— Dore Schary
“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.”— Coretta Scott King
“I always tell people, 'You can't be a bigot and be a Christian.' I mean, it's just a contradiction in terms.”— Ernie Hudson