"The Indian is but a sketch in..." - Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to the white race, there is one solution: extermination.
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“Once I was, yes. But now I have turned my direction away from anything that's racist.”
“There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.”
“Let us say boldly, that if the total slum violations of law by the white man over the years were calculated and compared with the lawbreaking of a few days of riots, the hardened criminal would be the white man.”
More on Colonialism
“No nation is wise enough to rule another.”
“I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas... I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes... It is not necessary to use only the most deadly gases: gases can be used which cause great inconvenience and would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected.”
“Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.”