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

—L.P. Hartley, 1953

There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.

—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883

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.

—Maya Angelou, 2011

“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.

—George Eliot, 1866

When you name yourself, you always name another.

—Bertolt Brecht, 1926

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

—André Gide, 1927

I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.

—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962

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

—Confucius, c. 500 BC

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

—Tony Blair, 2006

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

—George Bernard Shaw, 1903

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

—Hebrews, c. 60

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

—Samuel Johnson, 1751

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

—Euripides, 431 BC