The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.)

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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