White Quotes
Honest reflections on identity and race.
This collection gathers personal reflections on racial identity, including memories of growing up in a mostly separate community and the ongoing search for roles that were written with a different actor in mind. It connects to broader conversations in our Black quotes.
The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind.
The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.
Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be...
We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.
I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
I think white women need to wake up and say, 'Not all women are white,' three times in front of the mirror.
If you're in the White House, it's your house, and you can invite whatever friend you want.
The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum of 20 million people watching.
My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic.
I love white T-shirts as much as I love black. I often wear total black. It's my favourite.
I actually think, as unusual as it might sound, that working in the White House is an extraordinary life.
All Blaxploitation is, is the opportunity for an African-American cast or lead actor or actress to do the same things that a white action hero gets to do.
I always wanted to work with Betty White, because she is one of my heroes of all time, and I just love her.
In the end, the great leveler in any sport is performance on the field or on the court. Kids don't care what language players speak or if they eat tacos, rice, or sauerkraut. They don't care if they're white, black,...
We need women who are at the head of a boardroom, like at the head of the White House, at the head of kind of major scientific enterprises so that little girls everywhere can then think, you know what? I...
I wear white or pale-blue shirts and black knit ties: They don't draw attention to me in any kind of peacockish way.
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One entry describes a secondhand brush with a racist remark made among friends, a moment worth reading alongside our Black And White quotes, while a lighter closing line plays on the phrase White House, tying into our House quotes.
