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  • No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

    FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Nov 04, 2014
  • Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

    Peace   Kings   Truth  
    Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 10 Dec. 1964
  • Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

    Men   Racism   Hatred  
    Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.86, Macmillan
  • If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

    Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours”, p.47, Beacon Press
  • I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.

    "Freeman calls Black History Month ‘ridiculous’". www.today.com. December 15, 2005.
  • I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism.

    Book   Issues   Racism  
    "A chat with the Author of "All About Love: New Visions"". CNN Chat Room, www.cnn.com. February 17, 2000.
  • I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.

    "Roundtable: NSA, Freeman on Black History Month". "Roundtable" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. December 19, 2005.
  • Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

    Lying   Judging   Racism  
  • I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

    "Shadow in the Land : Homosexuality in America" by William Dannemeyer, (p. 148), 1989.
  • My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.

  • I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man's court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice.

    Hate   Home   Fighting  
    Nelson Mandela (1963*). “We Accuse: The Trial of Nelson Mandela”
  • History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

    Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume
  • Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

    Life   Hate   Heart  
    1994 LongWalk to Freedom.
  • I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

    "Me and My House". Harper's Magazine, November 1955.
  • I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

  • Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

    Powerful   Hate   Son  
  • Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

  • I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

    Love   Faith   Peace  
    "50 years after receiving Nobel Prize, do Martin Luther King's peace prophecies still resonate?", www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2014.
  • I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.

  • I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.116, Beacon Press
  • Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

    Ignorance   Men   Racism  
    Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.52
  • No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

    Twitter post from Jan 09, 2016
  • Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.

    Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.53, Cambridge University Press
  • I do believe that part of us ending racism is us seeing each other's humanity and learning to love each other, even if we look different or worship differently or live differently.

    "John Legend Talks ‘Blurred Lines’ Case & Common’s Controversial Remarks On Ending Racism". Interview With Mesfin Fekadu, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2015.
  • A white person listens to my act and he laughs and he thinks, 'Yeah, that's the way I see it too.' Okay. He's white. I'm Negro. And we both see things the same way. That must mean that we are alike..... So I figure I'm doing as much for good race relations as the next guy.

    Mean   Thinking   White  
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