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At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

—Søren Kierkegaard, 1850

All of life is a foreign country.

—Jack Kerouac, 1949

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.

—Desmond Tutu, 1984

I 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, 1940

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

—Woodrow Wilson, 1915

Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.

—Samuel Johnson, 1751

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

—L.P. Hartley, 1953

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

—George Bernard Shaw, 1903

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

—Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1866

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

—Margaret Mead, 1972

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.

—George Mikes, 1946

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.

—The Dhammapada, c. 400 BC
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