There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

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.

Our 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.

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

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

Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.

Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.

The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.