Nothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.
—Karl Kraus, 1909Quotes
I do desire we may be better strangers.
—William Shakespeare, 1600The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
—André Gide, 1927Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
—The Dhammapada, c. 400 BCIn settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.
—Francis Grose, 1787There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1839Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.
—Horace Walpole, 1745France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.
—Mark Twain, 1879No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
—E.B. White, 1958A 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.
—George Mikes, 1946Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60