The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
—André Gide, 1927Quotes
Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.
—Albert Einstein, 1929I am a man: I consider nothing human alien to me.
—Terence, 163 BCOur 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, 2004I do desire we may be better strangers.
—William Shakespeare, 1600I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962All 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.
—Blaise Pascal, c. 1655I 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.
—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1940One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
—E.B. White, 1958The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.
—Frantz Fanon, 1952This is not a clash between civilizations. It is a clash about civilization.
—Tony Blair, 2006Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
—Marquis de Vauvenargues, 1746