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Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

It's easy to demonize from a distance.

We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand.

We need to be united, and we all need to understand that we're all capable of achieving the American dream. And, but that has to be something that is self-realized. And also, to demonize someone for achieving the American dream is unfair.

It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.

I think we all have our demons and our various shortcomings, and it would be nice if people felt more gently about other people, but also about themselves.

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

The persecuting spirit has its origin... in the assumption that one's own opinions are infallibly correct.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.