Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1839Quotes
Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
—Margaret Mead, 1972France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.
—Mark Twain, 1879The 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.
—Joseph Conrad, 1899Our 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.
—George W. Bush, 2004No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
—Marquis de Vauvenargues, 1746At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1850The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
—André Gide, 1927To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.
—Fernando Pessoa, c. 1935Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
—The Dhammapada, c. 400 BCIf you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.
—Henry Clay, 1812