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

I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

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

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.

It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.

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

Strangers are an endangered species.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

When you name yourself, you always name another.

Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.