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title: "138 Negroes Quotes by 76 authors"
description: "Browse 138 Negroes quotes by 76 authors. Discover the best Negroes sayings and thoughts."
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> [All men are created equal, except Negroes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/all-men-are-created-equal-except-negroes/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [They put the Negroes in the schools, and now they've driven God out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-andrews/they-put-the-negroes-in-the-schools-and-now-they-ve-driven-god-out/)

[George Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-andrews/)

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> [But I dig Negroes. I dig them all the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/but-i-dig-negroes-i-dig-them-all-the-way/)

[Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/)

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> [“The negroes been freed.' 'Well, I ain't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lytle/the-negroes-been-freed-well-i-ain-t/)

Andrew Lytle

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> [As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/as-a-race-the-negroes-are-not-lazy/)

[W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/)

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> [“I did not lie awake at night worrying about the problems of Negroes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/i-did-not-lie-awake-at-night-worrying-about-the-problems-of-negroes/)

[Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/)

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> [“These negroes aren't asking for no nation. They wanna crawl back on the plantation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/these-negroes-aren-t-asking-for-no-nation-they-wanna-crawl-back-on/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [In this country, these Negro leaders have Negroes sittin' - sitting down, thinking that that - there's dignity towards sitting in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/in-this-country-these-negro-leaders-have-negroes-sittin-sitting-down/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [Negroes just can't judge each other according to color, because we are all colors, all complexions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/negroes-just-can-t-judge-each-other-according-to-color-because-we-are/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [“I know some first-class Negroes. I also know some second-rate white people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesley-kagen/i-know-some-first-class-negroes-i-also-know-some-second-rate-white/)

[Lesley Kagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lesley-kagen/)

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> [The yellow Indians do have a meagre talent. The Negroes are far below them, and at the lowest point are a part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/the-yellow-indians-do-have-a-meagre-talent-the-negroes-are-far-below/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [The depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negroes had but few pegs to fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/the-depression-brought-everybody-down-a-peg-or-two-and-the-negroes/)

[Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/)

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> [Among Negroes we have Negroes who are as white as some white people. Still there's a difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/among-negroes-we-have-negroes-who-are-as-white-as-some-white-people/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [Negroes and Southern Europeans are mentally inferior to native born Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-sanger/negroes-and-southern-europeans-are-mentally-inferior-to-native-born/)

[Margaret Sanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-sanger/)

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> [“They’re Americans when they win races, and when they get conscripted into the army,’ Dave said. ‘But they’re Negroes when they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-follett/they-re-americans-when-they-win-races-and-when-they-get-conscripted/)

[Ken Follett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-follett/)

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> [I do not share the gloomy thought that Negroes in America are doomed to be stomped out bodaciously, nor even shackled to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zora-neale-hurston/i-do-not-share-the-gloomy-thought-that-negroes-in-america-are-doomed/)

[Zora Neale Hurston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zora-neale-hurston/)

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> [You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/you-say-you-will-not-fight-to-free-negroes-some-of-them-seem-willing/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Let us prepare TODAY. For the TOMORROWS in the lives of the nations will be so eventful that Negroes everywhere will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-garvey/let-us-prepare-today-for-the-tomorrows-in-the-lives-of-the-nations/)

[Marcus Garvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-garvey/)

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> [A genius has perhaps scarcely ever appeared amongst the negroes, and the standard of their morality is almost universally so low that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-weininger/a-genius-has-perhaps-scarcely-ever-appeared-amongst-the-negroes-and/)

[Otto Weininger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-weininger/)

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> [You Negroes are not willing to admit it yet, but integration will not work. Why, it is against the white man's nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/you-negroes-are-not-willing-to-admit-it-yet-but-integration-will-not/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [“Our government seemed to expect the same of them as of white men. Poor Negroes! They are hopelessly inferior. . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-e-persico/our-government-seemed-to-expect-the-same-of-them-as-of-white-men-poor/)

[Joseph E. Persico](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-e-persico/)

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> [I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-not-nor-ever-have-been-in-favor-of-bringing-about-in-any-way-the/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [“THE "educated Negroes" have the attitude of contempt toward their own people because in their own as well as in their mixed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-g-woodson/the-educated-negroes-have-the-attitude-of-contempt-toward-their-own/)

[Carter G. Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-g-woodson/)

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> [The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/the-negro-race-like-all-races-is-going-to-be-saved-by-its-exceptional/)

[W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/)

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> [“How far the gentlemen of dark complexion will get with their independence, now that they have declared it, I don’t know. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/how-far-the-gentlemen-of-dark-complexion-will-get-with-their/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

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> [“the so-called radical Negroes who have read and misunderstood Karl Marx and his disciples and would solve the political as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-g-woodson/the-so-called-radical-negroes-who-have-read-and-misunderstood-karl/)

[Carter G. Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-g-woodson/)

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> [I have the greatest affection for them but I know they're not going to make it for 500 years. They aren't. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/i-have-the-greatest-affection-for-them-but-i-know-they-re-not-going/)

[Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/)

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> [...Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non- violent… They must harass, debate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/negroes-must-concern-themselves-with-every-single-means-of-struggle/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

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> [That value system has been handed right down in European society. And today when you find Negroes, if they even look like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/that-value-system-has-been-handed-right-down-in-european-society-and/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [Among Negroes of my generation there was not only little direct acquaintance or consciously inherited knowledge of Africa, but much distaste and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/among-negroes-of-my-generation-there-was-not-only-little-direct/)

[W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/)

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> [I saw in Chicago, on the street where I was visiting my sister-in-law, this "Urban Renewal" and it means one thing: "Negro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fannie-lou-hamer/i-saw-in-chicago-on-the-street-where-i-was-visiting-my-sister-in-law/)

[Fannie Lou Hamer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fannie-lou-hamer/)

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> [“I have received the favor of your letter of August 17th, and with it the volume you were so kind as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-received-the-favor-of-your-letter-of-august-17th-and-with-it/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [“I was just as black as I had been the day that I was born. Therefore, when I faced a congregation, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baldwin/i-was-just-as-black-as-i-had-been-the-day-that-i-was-born-therefore/)

[James Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baldwin/)

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> [“It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/it-was-awful-to-be-negro-and-have-no-control-over-my-life-it-was-2/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [“But Little Grandmother did not keep in touch with her namesake, my mother, Margaret Morris. News about Will Morris's younger daughter reached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirlee-taylor-haizlip/but-little-grandmother-did-not-keep-in-touch-with-her-namesake-my/)

Shirlee Taylor Haizlip

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> [“By 1870, roughly 284,000 blacks accounted for 12 percent of the population of sixteen Western states and territories. But Negroes actually show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-johnson/by-1870-roughly-284-000-blacks-accounted-for-12-percent-of-the/)

[Nicholas Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-johnson/)

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> [“THEY WERE PEOPLE who went in for Negroes—Michael and Anne—the Carraways. But not in the social-service, philanthropic sort of way, no. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/they-were-people-who-went-in-for-negroes-michael-and-anne-the/)

[Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/)

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> [I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-not-in-favor-of-making-voters-or-jurors-of-negroes-nor-of/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-g-woodson/even-schools-for-negroes-then-are-places-where-they-must-be-convinced/)

[Carter G. Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-g-woodson/)

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> [“So we are all black people, so-called Negroes, second-class citizens, ex-slaves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/so-we-are-all-black-people-so-called-negroes-second-class-citizens-ex/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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## Top authors on Negroes

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                        "text": "“THE \"educated Negroes\" have the attitude of contempt toward their own people because in their own as well as in their mixed schools Negroes are taught to admire the Hebrew, the Greek, the Latin and the Teuton and to despise the African. Of the hundreds of Negro high schools recently examined by an expert in the United States Bureau of Education only eighteen offer a course taking up the history of the Negro,”",
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                        "text": "The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races.",
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                        "text": "“How far the gentlemen of dark complexion will get with their independence, now that they have declared it, I don’t know. There are serious difficulties in their way. The vast majority of people of their race are but two or three inches removed from gorillas: it will be a sheer impossibility, for a long, long while, to interest them in anything above pork-chops and bootleg gin.”",
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                        "text": "“the so-called radical Negroes who have read and misunderstood Karl Marx and his disciples and would solve the political as well as the economic problems of the race by an immediate application of these principles. History shows that although large numbers of people have actually tried to realize such pleasant dreams, they have in the final analysis come back to a social program based on competition.”",
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                        "text": "I have the greatest affection for them but I know they're not going to make it for 500 years. They aren't. You know it, too. The Mexicans are a different cup of tea. They have a heritage. At the present time they steal, they're dishonest, but they do have some concept of family life. They don't live like a bunch of dogs, which the Negroes do live like.",
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                        "text": "...Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non- violent… They must harass, debate, petition, boycott, sing hymns, pray on steps--and shoot from their windows when the racists come cruising through their communities… The acceptance of our condition is the only form of extremism which discredits us before our children [ellipses in source].",
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                        "text": "That value system has been handed right down in European society. And today when you find Negroes, if they even look like they're adopting these so-called middle-class values, standards, it's not that they are taking something from the white man, but they are probably identifying again with the level or standard that these same whites have gotten from them back during that period.",
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                        "text": "Among Negroes of my generation there was not only little direct acquaintance or consciously inherited knowledge of Africa, but much distaste and recoil because of what the white world taught them about the Dark Continent. There arose resentment that a group like ours, born and bred in the United States for centuries, should be regarded as Africans at all. They were, as most of them began gradually to assert, Americans. My father's father was particularly bitter about this. He would not accept an invitation to a 'Negro' picnic. He would not segregate himself in any way.",
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                        "text": "I saw in Chicago, on the street where I was visiting my sister-in-law, this \"Urban Renewal\" and it means one thing: \"Negro removal.\" But they want to tear the homes down and put a parking lot there. Where are those people going? Where will they go? And as soon as Negroes take to the street demonstrating, one hears people say, \"they shouldn't have done it.\" The world is looking at America and it is really beginning to show up for what it is really like. \"Go Tell It on the Mountain.\" We can no longer ignore this, that America is not \"the land of the free and the home of the brave.\"",
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                        "text": "“I have received the favor of your letter of August 17th, and with it the volume you were so kind as to send me on the Literature of Negroes. Be assured that no person living wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a complete refutation of the doubts I have myself entertained and expressed on the grade of understanding allotted to them by nature, and to find that in this respect they are on a par with ourselves. My doubts were the result of personal observation on the limited sphere of my own State, where the opportunities for the development of their genius were not favorable, and those of exercising it still less so. I expressed them therefore with great hesitation; but whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others. On this subject they are gaining daily in the opinions of nations, and hopeful advances are making towards their reestablishment on an equal footing with the other colors of the human family.”",
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                        "text": "“I was just as black as I had been the day that I was born. Therefore, when I faced a congregation, it began to take all the strength I had not to stammer, not to curse, not to tell them to throw away their Bibles and get off their knees and go home and organize, for example, a rent strike. When I watched all the children, their copper, brown, and beige faces staring up at me as I taught Sunday school, I felt that I was committing a crime in talking about the gentle Jesus, in telling them to reconcile themselves to their misery on earth in order to gain the crown of eternal life. Were only Negroes to gain this crown? Was Heaven, then, to be merely another ghetto?”",
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                        "text": "“It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and listen to charges brought against my color with no chance of defense. We should all be dead. I thought I should like to see us all dead, one on top of the other. A pyramid of flesh with the whitefolks on the bottom, as the broad base, then the Indians with their silly tomahawks and teepees and wigwams and treaties, the Negroes with their mops and recipes and cotton sacks and spirituals sticking out of their mouths. The Dutch children should all stumble in their wooden shoes and break their necks. The French should choke to death on the Louisiana Purchase (1803) while silkworms ate all the Chinese with their stupid pigtails. As a species, we were an abomination. All of us.”",
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                        "text": "“But Little Grandmother did not keep in touch with her namesake, my mother, Margaret Morris. News about Will Morris's younger daughter reached the \"white\" side through Mamie. They knew where she was, what she was doing, and who she was doing it with. Most important, they knew she had chosen to stay negro. It is still a matter of speculation as to why my mother's father or one of her much older brothers or her sister did not keep in touch with her and her younger brother. Over the years, Aunt Mamie and my mother's various guardians supplied different explanations. The times were hard. They were bad for mulattoes and worse for \"real\" Negroes. There was little money around. Her father drank, drifted and could not keep jobs. Her teenage siblings could barely keep jobs … She was too dark, revealing both the Negro and swarthy Italian strains of her ancestry. Her color would give them away in their new white settings. All of these reasons were plausible. None of them sufficed. None could take away the pain, the anger, the isolation, the questions.”",
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                        "text": "“By 1870, roughly 284,000 blacks accounted for 12 percent of the population of sixteen Western states and territories. But Negroes actually show up as early as 1790, in a Spanish census, where roughly 20 percent of the populations of San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, and Monterey acknowledged African ancestry. Until the United States’ conquest of the Mexican territory, about 15 percent of Californians continued to acknowledge African heritage. But with the coming of US rule, the incentive to deny Negro blood resulted in the large-scale “disappearance” of that population. These largely mixed-race people were still there, of course. But now they had stronger reasons to disclaim their African roots.”",
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                        "text": "I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.",
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