"Who makes and keeps the Jew or..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who makes and keeps the Jew or the Negro base, who but you, who exclude them from the rights which others enjoy?
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend... The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government.”
“Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.”
“Of all tools, an observatory is the most sublime. . . . What is so good in a college as an observatory? The sublime attaches to the door and to the first stair you ascent, that this is the road to the stars.”
More on Racism
“They don't stand for anything different in South Africa than America stands for. The only difference is over there they preach as well as practice apartheid. America preaches freedom and practices slavery.”
“That morning was when I first began to reappraise the 'white man.' It was when I first began to perceive that 'white man,' as commonly used, means complexion only secondarily; primarily it described attitudes and actions.”
“I don’t know if this is statistically right, but I’m assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven’t won one against a white person.”
More on Discrimination
“In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.”
“Antisemitism, for instance, is simply not the doctrine of a grown-up person.”
“We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against.”