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.

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

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.

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

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

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

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

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