Race Quotes

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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity. — Arthur Ashe
To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom. — Rowan Atkinson
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all… — Margaret Atwood
May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race. — Sri Aurobindo
We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race. — Dan Aykroyd
In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race. — Charles Babbage
I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a… — Donovan Bailey
One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races in… — Ray Stannard Baker
Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their… — James A. Baldwin
I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women! — Robert Ballard
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. — Honore de Balzac
It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and… — Honore de Balzac
I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie… — Eric Bana
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. — Henry Adams
I say I'm the only serious comedian in the presidential race. And I'd like to take this opportunity to ask both Romney and Obama to… — Roseanne Barr
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that… — Dave Barry
The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the… — Daniel Berrigan
If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way… — Halle Berry

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