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

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.

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.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

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

“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.

Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.

In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.

Other nations use “force”; we Britons alone use “might.”

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.

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.