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

Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

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

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.

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

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

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

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.

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.

All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

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

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