Belief Quote by Franz Boas

The idea of a superior or inferior race is a myth that has been completely refuted by anthropological evidence.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which…

— Carter G. Woodson

I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are…

— Thomas Jefferson

I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinctby time and circumstances, are inferior…

— Thomas Jefferson

It is not races but individuals that are noble and courageous or ignoble and craven or considerate or persistent or philosophical or reasonable. The…

— Edwin Way Teale

It is true that race is a social fiction, a myth perpetuated by a variety of peoples throughout the modern period, especially, to further…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Superior race is spiritual nobility, not color of skin.

— Ilkin Santak

The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. It is a doctrine alike of the oldest and of the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Races are very often invented from ignorance, or for evil purposes.

— Francis Lieber

“We do not like the idea that any other creature can be better than we are. It is highly probable that if we ever…

— Murray Leinster

If Nature does not wish that weaker individuals should mate with the stronger, she wishes even less that a superior race should intermingle with…

— Adolf Hitler

A race that is solely dependent upon another for economic existence sooner or later dies. As we have in the past been living upon…

— Marcus Garvey