| A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. |
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| From this viewpoint, the Salem witch trials of 1692 are a logical consequence of their narrow-mindedness and bigotry. |
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| What is holding this research back is not money but dogmatism and narrow-mindedness. |
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| In an Ashram, dogma, narrow-mindedness and rigidity should have no place, or at the very least be minimised. |
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| Theodor Storm's story shows a man's will in conflict both with the forces of nature and with the foolish narrow-mindedness of his fellow-men. |
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| Discussion on Bill C-23 must continue in an atmosphere of open-mindedness, not narrow-mindedness. |
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| The most commonly cited reasons were narrow-mindedness, ignorance, lack of understanding and lack of knowledge about other cultures. |
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| Nevertheless, being a part of the EU and participating in development cooperation helps to eliminate narrow-mindedness. |
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| Prejudices, which have been called the stone walls of narrow-mindedness, do not survive under honest appraisal. |
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| Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary should be ashamed of his narrow-mindedness and demagoguery. |
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| She walks out into the land to escape the narrow-mindedness of weather-beaten Horizon, but must return to the town for refuge. |
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| We need to become more and more convinced of that-not by fostering extremism or narrow-mindedness, but by really living by those principles. |
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| He is particularly bilious toward academics, repeatedly making claims about their narrow-mindedness. |
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| And she has learned that if twelve and thirteen-year-old children can interpret and correct their actions of narrow-mindedness, adults have no excuse. |
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| He must not now besmear that with parochialism, narrow-mindedness and partiality. |
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| This narrow-mindedness had to be shattered. |
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| As dramatic as they may be, situations of emergency can also provide a chance for a new beginning, by allowing large-scale innovations in traditional systems marked by inertia and narrow-mindedness. |
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| In the backlash I see negativity and narrow-mindedness. |
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| They are laughing at hypocrisy, human frailty, narrow-mindedness. |
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| Intellectual narrow-mindedness makes human beings petty and arrogant. |
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| I would particularly like to thank the European Trade Union Confederation, which has been working with us to advocate protection, without falling into the trap of national narrow-mindedness. |
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| It is also as a result of this isolation that there has arisen the bureaucratic narrow-mindedness that has impeded or obstructed its relationship with the people. |
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| This is why I maintain that wanting to reverse the abolition of the death penalty is a clear demonstration of narrow-mindedness and irrationality in terms of what we are at our very core: human beings. |
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| In an ingenious way, this type of journalism can combine the adoration of immorality with extraordinary narrow-mindedness to make a productive business: provoke, condemn and make money. |
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| The narrow-mindedness of the Eurozone and the failure to fulfil economic freedoms in an unfair and non-single market are turning the euro into an unsafe and half-hearted currency. |
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| To call Sir Wilfrid Laurier, one of the first prime ministers of this country a sell-out is to show incredible narrow-mindedness and a glaring lack of intellectual rigour. |
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| We have to admit that stubborn gerontocracy has been a major obstacle to reforming politics due to the aged politicians' obstinacy and narrow-mindedness. |
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| These days, people think less of John Paul's contribution to the ending of the cold war, and more of his dogmatism, narrow-mindedness and sheer wrong-headedness. |
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| This will not go down easy and, mark my word, within a year we will look at this bill with contempt and wonder what narrow-mindedness led us to spend 125 hours to debate, clause-by-clause, this shabby piece of legislation. |
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