“The intelligence and ability of a colored person are in pretty direct proportion to the amount of white blood he has, and … most of the positions of leadership, influence, and prominence in the Negro race are held not by real Negroes but by Mulattoes, many of whom have very little Negro blood.” LittlesPersonsRealAbilityWhiteRaceBloodInfluencePositionAmountDirectProportionProminenceMulattoes Book:The Conquest of a Continent Source: The Conquest of a Continent
“When we are inclined to boast of our position [as Christians] we should remember that we are but Gentiles, while the Jews are of the lineage of Christ. We are aliens and in-laws; they are blood relatives, cousins, and brothers of our Lord. Therefore, if one is to boast of flesh and blood the Jews are actually nearer to Christ than we are.” IfsShouldChristianRememberLawChristLordBloodPositionBrotherJewFleshAliensBoastCousinOur LordIn-lawsFlesh And BloodLineageGentilesBlood Relatives Book:The Christian in society Source: The Christian in society
“[Gambling] is a perfidious passion. ... It is bad for one to win, and bad not to win. ... it ends by setting your blood on fire, and to increase your chances of winning at any cost, your stakes increase frightfully; the desire of winning gets to be a madness. The soul gets sick; it neither sees nor hears anything. No family ties, position, nor fortune, can stand against this passion.” SoulEndsDesirePassionWinningChanceFireBloodPositionCostSickIncreaseMadnessFortuneSettingSettingsTiesGamblingStakesFamily Ties Author:Matilde Serao
“Each position, each metre of the Soviet territory must be stubbornly defended, to the last drop of blood. We must cling to every inch of Soviet soil and defend it to the end!” WorldWarEndsLastsBloodPositionWar Of The WorldsSoilTerritorySovietInchesWorld War 2 Author:Joseph Stalin
“All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.” WarFeelingsBlackReligiousWhiteBloodCenturyPositionPassionateAriseShedGood And BadReligious Wars Author:Umberto Eco
“In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of his indoctrinators.” ThinkingMenWantHandsBloodPositionStudentsIntellectualIndependentAverageFleshSuggestionsTributeWant HimSkillfulExertionFlesh And BloodOutraged Book:Up from Liberalism Source: Up from Liberalism
“The privileged position of whiteness doesn't allow for someone with one drop of Negro blood to be considered white, which allows whiteness to be a fairly pure category while blackness has to absorb an expansive reality of representation.” RealityWhiteBloodPositionPureCategoriesRepresentationPrivilegedBlacknessWhiteness Author:Kerry James Marshall