“Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.”

“If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.”

“The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.”

“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.”

“The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.”

“I am quite sure ... I have no race prejudice, and I think I have no color prejudices, nor caste prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All I care to know is that a man is a human being—this is enough for me; he can’t be any worse.”

“I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human race. That's bad enough for me.”