Race Quotes

4377 Race quotes by 2577 unique authors

If women were as fastidious as men, morally or physically, there would be an end of the race. — George Bernard Shaw
We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it's what he descends to that shames the human race. — Mark Twain
Make no more giants, God!But elevate the race at once! — Robert Browning
And if we are to open employment opportunities in this country for members of all races and creeds, then the Federal Government must set an… — John F. Kennedy
I think it is not only important that people go to the Anne Frank House to see the secret annex, but also that they are… — Otto Frank
Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance. — Henry David Thoreau
I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old. — Cathy Freeman
Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments — Andrew Jackson
Why must we always talk about race anyway? Can't we just be human beings? And Professor Hunk replied - that is exactly what white privilege… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In the race of men is much greed and envy; but of truth, little. — Lloyd Alexander
There are plenty of problems in the world, many of them interconnected. But there is no problem which compares with this central, universal problem of… — John Foster Dulles
Filling out the form: Race? Human. Religion? Paiute. Occupation? Criminal anarchy. Hobbies? Survival with honor. — Edward Abbey
Why I oppose the nuclear-arms race: I prefer the human race. — Edward Abbey
We judge individual man and women as we do nations and races -- by the character of their achievement and by their achievement of character. — Edward Abbey
In everything but brains and brawn, women are vastly superior to men. A different race. — Edward Abbey
The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and… — Edward Abbey
Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race. — Frederic Bastiat
I firmly believe, that before many centuries more, science will be the master of man. The engines he will have invented will be beyond his… — Henry Adams
But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is the distinction of men… — Thomas Paine
Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy. — Terry Pratchett
The world of A.D. 2014 will have few routine jobs that cannot be done better by some machine than by any human being. Mankind will… — Isaac Asimov
Like running the hurdles. Work so hard, jump over every one, fast, high enough but no higher, because you can't afford to hang in the… — Orson Scott Card
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line, -- the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in… — W. E. B. Du Bois
The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free to seduce all the… — Ida B. Wells
Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to… — Booker T. Washington

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