“Certainly in the gospels Jesus manifested love, but it was very different from what is generally supposed. It included a certain ruthlessness in his care and concern, a willingness to condemn not individuals but classes, a hatred of bigotry and pretence.”

— Hugh Montefiore

Source: Jesus, the Revelation of God, pp. 114-115

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Hugh Montefiore 4

British bishop 1920–2005

Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman

The Personality of Jesus (1932)

“One of the most common manifestations of the lack of this kind of semantic awareness can be found in what is called "prejudice": a response to an individual is predetermined because the name of the class in which the person is included is prejudiced negatively.”

Neil Postman (1931–2003) American writer and academic

Teaching as a Subversive Activity (1969)
Context: A variation of the "photographic" effect of language consists of how blurred the photograph is. "Blurring" occurs as a result of general class names, rendering distinctions among members of the class less visible. One of the most common manifestations of the lack of this kind of semantic awareness can be found in what is called "prejudice": a response to an individual is predetermined because the name of the class in which the person is included is prejudiced negatively. The most obvious and ordinary remark made in cases of this kind, "They are all alike," makes the point clear.

“We need not suppose that when power resides in an exclusive class, that class will knowingly and deliberately sacrifice the other classes to themselves: it suffices that, in the absence of its natural defenders, the interest of the excluded is always in danger of being overlooked: and, when looked at, is seen with very different eyes from those of the persons whom it directly concerns.”

John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) British philosopher and political economist

Source: On Representative Government (1861), Ch. III: The Ideally Best Polity

“Individualism is certainly not a dominant note in the teachings of Jesus.”

Robert Hunter (author) (1874–1942) American sociologist, author, golf course architect

Source: Why We Fail as Christians (1919), p. 75
Context: Individualism is certainly not a dominant note in the teachings of Jesus.... He was seeking the kingdom of God on earth, not merely the salvation of isolated souls each struggling alone for individual perfection.

“Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus' touch. We experience his care.”

Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer

Source: Experiencing the Heart of Jesus: Knowing His Heart, Feeling His Love

“The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.”

James Hilton (1900–1954) British writer

Source: Nothing So Strange

“The bourgeois … is tolerant. His love for people as they are stems from his hatred of what they might be.”

Theodor W. Adorno book Minima Moralia

Der Bürger aber ist tolerant. Seine Liebe zu den Leuten, wie sie sind, entspringt dem Haß gegen den richtigen Menschen.
E. Jephcott, trans. (1974), § 4
Minima Moralia (1951)