"BrickWords
Quotes
Discover quotes across various topics for every mood and occasion.
Explore Authors
Discover Authors Through a Multitude of Pathways

Quotes on 'race'

This page features a diverse collection of thought-provoking quotes on the topic of "race." These quotes come from notable figures throughout history who have shared their perspectives on issues surrounding race, discrimination, and equality. Whether you are seeking inspiration, enlightenment, or a deeper understanding of racial issues, these quotes offer diverse insights into the complex nature of race and its impact on society. Explore a range of viewpoints and themes that challenge conventional thinking and encourage dialogue on this important topic.

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it. Read Summary

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding. Read Summary

If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place. Read Summary

We have this American president, Obama, born of an African father, who is saying we will not give you aid if you don't embrace homosexuality. We ask, was he born out of homosexuality? We need continuity in our race, and that comes from the woman, and no to homosexuality. Read Summary

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up. Read Summary

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman. Read Summary

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity. Read Summary

Glorious shall be the battle when the time comes to fight for our people and our race. Read Summary

History does not record in its annals any lasting domination exercised by one people over another, of different race, of diverse usages and customs, of opposite and divergent ideals. One of the two had to yield and succumb. Read Summary

What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge: the knowledge of God's plan for men. For God has a plan, and that plan is evolution. Read Summary

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry. Read Summary

It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What do you mean? Do you understand that's an insult? Read Summary

New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent. Read Summary

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well. Read Summary

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe. Read Summary

If I write badly about blacks, homosexuals and women, it is because of these who I met were that. There are many 'bads' - bad dogs, bad censorship; there are even 'bad' white males. Only, when you write about 'bad' white males, they don't complain about it. And need I say that there are 'good' blacks, 'good' homosexuals and 'good' women? Read Summary

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. Read Summary

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence. Read Summary

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith. Read Summary

You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood. Read Summary