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I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send read more
I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.
Nature has color-coded groups of individuals so that statistically reliable predictions of their adaptability to intellectually rewarding and effective lives read more
Nature has color-coded groups of individuals so that statistically reliable predictions of their adaptability to intellectually rewarding and effective lives can easily be made and profitably be used by the pragmatic man in the street.
Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.
Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, read more
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world
A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When read more
A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.
I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality read more
I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason.
All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and read more
All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.
Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is read more
Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war.