White Persons Born

Famous quotes containing the words white, persons and/or born:

“Now the long-feared Asiatic colossus takes its turn as world leader, and we—the white race—have become the yellow man’s burden. Let us hope that he will treat us more kindly than we treated him.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)

“We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.”
—Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)

“I was born to travel and write verse.”
—Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)