To think ill of mankind, and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

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.

Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.

France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

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.

A 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.

When the missionaries first came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

All of life is a foreign country.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

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