“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.

This is not a clash between civilizations. It is a clash about civilization.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

When the missionaries first came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.

Such then is the human state, that to wish greatness for one’s country is to wish harm to one’s neighbors.

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

A criminal may improve and become a decent member of society. A foreigner cannot improve. Once a foreigner, always a foreigner. There is no way out for him.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.