Quotes about race
race color quota
It the Senator can find in Title VII any language which provides that an employer will have to hire on the basis of percentage or quota related to color, race, religion, or national origin, I will start eating the pages one after another, because it is not in there. Hubert H. Humphrey
race literature finance
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. Honore de Balzac
race islam ideology
Islam is an ideology. It's not a race. Ibrahim Hooper
race ran strong
He ran a really smart, strong race today.
race won
He probably would have won the race and it would be a different story. Jimmie Johnson
race ruled totally
For the moment, I have totally ruled out the governor's race, John Salazar
race long obstacles
Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle. Jack Paar
race afros
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. Ida B. Wells
race afros fallen
Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so. Ida B. Wells
race law punishment
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service. Other considerations are of minor importance. Ida B. Wells
race giving approval
A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me approval as well. Idries Shah
race dwarves faults
Those were happier days, when there was still close friendship at times between folk of different race, even between Dwarves and Elves.' It was not the fault of the Dwarves that the friendship waned,' said Gimli. I have not heard that it was the fault of the Elves,' said Legolas. I have heard both,' said Gandalf[.] J. R. R. Tolkien
race perfection humanity
Humanity is at its greatest perfection in the race of the whites. Immanuel Kant
race perfect political
The history of the human race, viewed as a whole, may be regarded as the realization of a hidden plan of nature to bring about a political constitution, internally, and for this purpose, also externally perfect, as the only state in which all the capacities implanted by her in mankind can be fully developed. Immanuel Kant
race hacking realising
Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be. Ian Hacking
race half show-me
Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race. Gloria Steinem
race radical-feminism helping
In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them. Gloria Steinem
race gentleman done
By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have done a great service to mankind. Gerard Manley Hopkins
race errors evil
There is no more evil thing in this world than race prejudice, none at all. [...] It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty, and abomination than any other sort of error in the world. H. G. Wells
race progress littles
I have little belief in human progress. The human race is incurably idiotic. It will never be happy. H. L. Mencken
race intellectual minorities
The intellectual heritage of the race belongs to the minority. H. L. Mencken
race drug benefits
A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be free to do so, for his death is a benefit to the race in general. H. L. Mencken
race progress process
Progress: The process whereby the human race has got rid of whiskers, the vermiform appendix, and God. H. L. Mencken
race prejudice arguing
That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the human race to argue that women have a fine and fluent intelligence is surely an eloquent proof of the defective observation, incurable prejudice, and general imbecility of their lords and masters. H. L. Mencken
race average punishment
Capital punishment has probably been responsible for a good deal of human progress. The overwhelming majority of those executed were of the sort whose departures for bliss eternal improved the average intelligence and decency of the race. H. L. Mencken
race literature dignity
Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. H. L. Mencken
race zoologist term
A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species. J. Philippe Rushton
race definitions subjectivity
Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective. J. Philippe Rushton
race generations groups
Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups. J. Philippe Rushton
race people common
Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species. J. Philippe Rushton
race differences study
Nonetheless, much has been learned by studying the statistical differences between the various human races. J. Philippe Rushton
race combination physiological
Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits. J. Philippe Rushton
race two territory
Two widely dissimilar races, whether equal or not, cannot peaceably coexist in the same territory until they are either uniformly mongrelised or cast in folkways of permanent and traditional personal aloofness. H. P. Lovecraft