The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

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.

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

I am a man: I consider nothing human alien to me.

I do desire we may be better strangers.