The 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, 1952Quotes
France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.
—Mark Twain, 1879“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
—George Eliot, 1866Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
—Marquis de Vauvenargues, 1746There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
—The Dhammapada, c. 400 BCOnce any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
—Margaret Mead, 1972The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
—Joseph Conrad, 1899Our 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, 2004The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175I do desire we may be better strangers.
—William Shakespeare, 1600By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
—Confucius, c. 500 BC