Race

Famous quotes containing the word race:

    But—if you cannot give us ease—
    Last of the race of them who grieve
    Here leave us to die out with these
    Last of the people who believe!
    Silent, while years engrave the brow;
    Silent—the best are silent now.
    Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    It could be said that the AIDS pandemic is a classic own-goal scored by the human race against itself.
    —(B. 1950)

    Surely, then, the gods who are most interested in the human race preside over the Tavern, where especially men congregate.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)