In 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, 1787Quotes
I do desire we may be better strangers.
—William Shakespeare, 1600The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.
—Theodor Adorno, 1951A 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, 1946There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
—George W. Bush, 2004Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.
—Miriam Makeba, 1988Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
—Aleister Crowley, c. 1925Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903When you name yourself, you always name another.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1926The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
—Denis Diderot, 1774