Race Quotes

4377 Race quotes by 2577 unique authors

India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand… — Mark Twain
Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? ... Does man have… — Kenneth E. Boulding
In the long term, it will be the human race that must take responsibility for the development of sustainable life-styles and economies that are not… — David de Kretser
The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in… — William J. Clinton
Machinery may make for efficiency and a standardisation of life, but horse love is a bond of freemasonry which unites the entire race ... — Unknown Author
How the horse dominated the mind of the early races especially of the Mediterranean! You were a lord if you had a horse. Far back,… — D. H. Lawrence
Death is the lot of us all, and the only way that the human race has ever conquered death is by treating it with contempt.… — Robert A. Heinlein
What if it is for life's sake that we must die? In truth we are not individuals; and it is because we think ourselves such… — Will Durant
A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the… — James Payn
To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his ethnical background, his… — Leon Bourgeois
It has always been a peculiarity of the human race that it keeps two sets of morals in stock-the private and the real, and the… — Mark Twain
We have God's promise that what we give will be given back many times over, so let us go forth from here and rekindle the… — Ronald Reagan
[R]ights do not belong to men simply as men, but because of the superior qualities, physical, intellectual, moral or political, which are characteristic of certain… — Charles Edward Merriam
War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business.… — Albert Einstein
Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for… — Mark Twain
It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language, and according to culture-all reflect… — Franz Boas
Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most… — Oliver Goldsmith
The new sound-sphere is global. It ripples at great speed across languages, ideologies, frontiers and races. The economics of this musical Esperanto is staggering. Rock… — George Steiner
Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I… — Walter Raleigh
In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict… — Alexis de Tocqueville
So in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride - the temptation blithely to declare yourselves… — Ronald Reagan
Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most… — Winston Churchill
I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don't know what I'll do when… — Larry Ellison
Folly is perennial, yet the human race has survived. — Bertrand Russell

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