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

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

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

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

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

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

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

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.

All of life is a foreign country.

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

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.

Strangers are an endangered species.