“No, I don’t know that man, and I don’t want to know him. If I
knew him, I might not hate him, and
I want to hate him.”
A sardonic remark preferring willful hatred of a stranger over the risk of understanding him.
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I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
— Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington, the Negro educator, said: “I will not permit any man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me ha…
— making me hate him.”
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured.
— Ann Landers
“I am determined to permit no man to narrow or degrade my soul by making me hate him.”
— Booker T. Washington
A young Negro student said: “If you discriminate against me because I am uncouth, I can become mannerly. If you ostraciz…
— Emerson
