Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps multitudinous uniformed assassins on hand at heavy expense to grab slices of other people’s countries, and keep them from grabbing slices of his. And in the intervals between campaigns he […]
Brotherhood Quotes
We are all brothers under the skin – and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it.
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
If I cannot with my blind eyes see That to betray or deny my brother Is but to diminish me Then you may pity me.
I… make it my earnest prayer that God would… incline the hearts of the citizens… to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow citizens of the United States at large.
Only when man succeeds in developing his reason and love further than he has done so far, only when he can build a world based on human solidarity and justice, only when he can feel rooted in the experience of universal brotherliness, will he have transformed his world into a true, human home.
During National Brotherhood Week various special events are arranged to drive home the message of brotherhood. This year, for example, on the first day of the week Malcolm X was killed – which gives you an idea of how effective the whole thing is. I’m sure we all agree that we ought to love one […]
The Europeans in South Africa dread the advent of Islam, as they (Muslims) claim equality with the white races. They may well dread it. If brotherhood is a sin, if it is equality of the colored races that they dread, then their dread is well-founded.
To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.
If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into its fold, you’ve got to let everyone else in, too.
