In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he read more

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.

If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.

If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given read more

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny read more

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. read more

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction, are no different. They have nearly destroyed us in the past. They plague us still. They fuel the fanaticism of terror. They torment the lives of millions in fractured nations around the world. These obsessions cripple both those who are hated and, of course, those who hate, robbing both of what they might become.

In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing - antihumanism.

In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing - antihumanism.