Quotes about race
race united-states problem
The race problem in the United States is the type of unpleasant problem which we would rather do without but which refuses to be buried. Charles Hamilton Houston
race president lasts
Obama has had more fundraisers than the last six presidents combined. And he's still losing in the money race! Bill Maher
race win
When we go to a race, we go to win. We don't think we can win this race.
race giving humanity
. . . the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as well. Edgar Lee Masters
race iran europe
We will stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. We will stop that nuclear arms race that could happen in the Middle East. We will also make that Putin knows we have brigades in eastern Europe to make sure we deter his aggression. Peace through strength works. Bobby Jindal
race people tolerance
Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the cult of multiculturalism. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
race islam democracy
Islam is not a race...Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.
race common-sense people
All ultimately intermarried to produce a race of many strains, which may account for the paradox that a people famed for stolid, patient, practical common-sense; a nation as Napoleon said, of "shopkeepers", has produced more adventurers, explorers and poets than probably any other in history. Arthur Bryant
race half apologizing
Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we're half the human race. Bella Abzug
race age safe
Women will not simply be mainstreamed into the polluted stream. Women are changing the stream, making it clean and green and safe for all - every gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, age, and ability.
race class diversity
A central tenet of modern feminist thought has been the assertion that "all women are oppressed." This assertion implies that women share a common lot, that factors like class, race, religion, sexual preference, etc. do not create a diversity of experience that determines the extent to which sexism will be an oppressive force in the lives of individual women. bell hooks
race racism understanding
The notion that black folks have nothing to learn from scholarship that may reflect racial or racist biases is dangerous. It promotes closed-mindedness and a narrow understanding of knowledge to hold that "race" is such an overwhelming concept that it negates the validity of any insights contained in a work that may have some racist or sexist aspects.
race landscape sometimes
Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins. Diane Wakoski
race effort nuclear
Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts. Dianne Feinstein
race blood ideas
There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races ... A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation, but as an immediate separation is impossible, the next best thing is to keep them apart where they are not already together. If white and black people never get together in Kansas, they will never mix blood in Kansas ... Abraham Lincoln
race run track train trying win
We're going back with the idea of trying to win it; we're not going just to run in the race. If we get back there, and he doesn't like the track and doesn't train well, we won't run. Jerry Hollendorfer
race america black
If ever America undergoes great revolutions, they will be brought about by the presence of the black race on the soil of the United States - that is to say, they will owe their origin not to the equality but to the inequality of conditions. Alexis de Tocqueville
race
We must go fast, because the race is against time. Anna Held
race games black
The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race. Branch Rickey
race connections individual
Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth. Booker T. Washington
race done world
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
race long world
No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
race diversity effort
No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
race office empathy
I never liked the atmosphere of Washington . I early saw that it was impossible to build up a race of which the leaders were spending most of their time, thought and energy in trying to get into office, or in trying to stay there after they were in.
race years people
What's really hit me over the years is that you go to every race and see all the well-wishers, and you really feel like you are connected with people after all these years. Bobby Rahal
race track better-person
You learn how to be a better person not just on the [race] track, but all around. Bobby Labonte
race rock-and-roll fire
One who sings with his tongue on fire, gargles in the rat race choir. Bob Dylan
race motorcycle holy
I've got a sister who races motorcycles and another sister who's a Holy Roller preacher. Billy Carter
race abuse black
For their abuse of [the Black African] race, the whites will be cursed, unless they repent. Brigham Young
race rocks dying
Until I realized that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was dying, for some reason, and I didn't know why. Bruce Springsteen
race life-is built
Every single thing in my life is built around race. Jamie Foxx
race lynching names
I finally made up my mind that I would neither disclaim the black race nor claim the white race; but that I would change my name, raise a mustache, and let the world take me for what it would; that it was not necessary for me to go about with a label of inferiority pasted across my forehead. James Weldon Johnson
race people burning
I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race.