Other nations use “force”; we Britons alone use “might.”
—Evelyn Waugh, 1938Quotes
Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
—Aleister Crowley, c. 1925Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.
—Albert Einstein, 1929A 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, 1946I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.
—Woodrow Wilson, 1915Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
—Margaret Mead, 1972It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.
—Maya Angelou, 2011This is not a clash between civilizations. It is a clash about civilization.
—Tony Blair, 2006Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.
—Samuel Johnson, 1751No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
—Confucius, c. 500 BC