Race Quotes · Page 267

Oh God! Like the thunderbird of old I shall rise again out of the sea; I shall grab the instruments of the…

— Chief Dan George

America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.'

— Paul Mooney

It is, the most beautiful truth in morals that we have no such thing as a distinct or divided interest from our…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

My own belief is that in most ages and in most places obscure psychological forces led men to adopt systems involving quite…

— Bertrand Russell

When you're busy doing your own stuff it's like running a race. You try not to look over your shoulder to see…

— Gene Simmons

I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding…

— Booker T. Washington

I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave…

— Kerry Washington

Man may be considered as having a twofold origin - natural, which is common and the same to all - patronymic, which…

— Adam Clarke

“Discrimination is the most polite word for abuse aka denying equal opportunity by anyone in power based on age, ancestry, color, disability…

— Ramesh Lohia

What if it is for life's sake that we must die? In truth we are not individuals; and it is because we…

— Will Durant

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together…

— Dorothy Height

“We need to eliminate the concept of division by class, skills, race, income, religion, and nationality. Every human requires food and water…

— Suzy Kassem

Europe is standing on the brink of the greatest tragedy in the history of the human race: a new world war, that…

— Vidkun Quisling

Have you seen that show on CBS called 'The Amazing Race'? Is that show about white people?

— Zach Galifianakis

Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.

— Benjamin Franklin

“It is often attempted to palliate slavery by comparing the state of slaves with our poorer countrymen: if the misery of our…

— Charles Darwin

Nobody should be treated any type of way because of their color, their race, their gender, their socioeconomic status. We're all human.

— Tyron Woodley

Everybody brings their thing to their criticism. I bring this wealth of opinions and feeling and knowledge about race and gender and…

— Wesley Morris

The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more…

— Anonymous

Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist.…

— Karen DeCrow

I was just racing day by day. With Niki [Lauda], every race was to be on the top. He programmed his life…

— Clay Regazzoni

I am as conservative as anyone running in this [president's] race, but I am a conservative that can win. That's a big…

— Marco Rubio

That is enough to win a three-way presidential race. If young people understand they have the numbers and they have the power…

— Jill Stein

These Germans seem an odd race, a mixture of clay and spirit - what with their beer-drinking and smoking, and their slow,…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant…

— Jesse Jackson