Castes Quotes
92 quotes by 66 authors
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I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black, if…
— Martin Delany
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We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free…
— William Faulkner
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I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can…
— Mark Twain
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The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas,…
— Noam Chomsky
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There is only one caste... the caste of humanity. There is only one religion... the religion of love. There is only one language... the language…
— Sathya Sai Baba
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All religions are equal to me. And all castes and creeds are dear to me. But though I appreciate all `isms,' religions and political parties…
— Meher Baba
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As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is…
— Salvatore Quasimodo
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...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination, but also to…
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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The way in which these two practices contain each other is that it has always been possible to use the one against the other: to…
— Immanuel Wallerstein
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The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits
— H. L. Mencken
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Caste is important for selection of home minister.
— Sushilkumar Shinde
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This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out…
— Indira Gandhi
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Not only are animals unable to avail themselves of language to assert their own rights, but many fewer humans have a clear sense of kinship…
— Gary Steiner
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I want to burn with the spirit of the times. I want all servants of the stage to recognize their lofty destiny. I am disturbed…
— Vsevolod Meyerhold
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In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the…
— Juan Goytisolo
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It [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every…
— H. L. Mencken
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As a feminist, I consider the female pronoun to be an honorific, a term that conveys respect. Respect is due to women as members of…
— Sheila Jeffreys
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Men's ideas about what women are have been formed from their ruling caste position, and have assigned women characteristics that would most advantage their masters,…
— Sheila Jeffreys
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Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends [mathematics]…
— Aristotle
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