“But I was thinking about this, the Obamas want to adopt a stray dog from the pound. And I think that is admirable. I believe the last president to bring a stray dog into the White House got impeached.” ThinkingWantBelieveLastsHouseI BelievePresidentWhiteDogPoundsWhite HouseAdmirableStray Dogs Author:David Letterman
“It pains me to see my old company, which has meant so much to America, on the ropes. But Chrysler has been in trouble before, and we got through it, and I believe they can do it again... Let's face it, if your car breaks down, you're not going to take it to the White House to get fixed. But, if your company breaks down, you've got to go to the experts on the ground, not the bureaucrats.” IfsBelieveHas BeensPainAmericaFacesHouseI BelieveCan DoWhiteCompanyBreakTroubleCarFixedExpertsWhite HouseBreaking DownRopeBureaucratsChrysler Author:Lee Iacocca
“A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. I think sometimes a black may think they don't have an advantage or this and that. I've said on one occasion, even about myself, if I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.” IfsThinkingBelieveWellsMaySaidSometimesTodayJobsI BelieveBlackTermWhiteAdvantageStartingEducatedOccasionsWell Educated Author:Donald Trump
“I believe deeply in a common humanity. The black man belongs to the family of man. One part of that family is out of control - like a virus or cancer - and that is the white man. He and his technological society are bent on destroying the world. Everywhere the white man has gone with his empire, he has destroyed people, races, societies, cultures, and in the course of it, has sterilized himself. He is completely the mechanical man: without heart, without soul. He is the Tin Man of The Wizard of Oz. But I don't believe that all the white people in the world are no good.” PeopleMenWorldBelieveHeartSoulHumanityCultureCoursesI BelieveBlackWhiteCommonRaceGoneDon't BelieveCancerDestroyedEmpiresDestroyingTechnologicalBentWhite ManWizardsVirusesTinCommon HumanityTin Man Book:Conversations with Margaret Walker Source: Conversations with Margaret Walker
“I don't think of God as an old white man with no belly button, nor even an old black woman with no belly button. But I agree that God is something eternal. Something cannot come out of nothing. I believe God is Everything. And I believe in infinity.” ThinkingMenBelieveI BelieveBlackWhiteEternalAgreeI Believe InBelieve In GodInfinityButtonsWhite ManBlack WomenBellyBelly Buttons Author:Pete Seeger
“I believe that people whose skins aren't necessarily - are a different color than white can self-govern.” PeopleBelieveDifferentSelfI BelieveWhiteColorSkinsDifferent Colors Author:George W. Bush
“Trent Lott has regained a position of leadership. He was the former majority leader who lost his post for racially insensitive commentary. I believe he mentioned that Strom Thurmond in 1948, who ran as a segregationist candidate, should have won. ... But now, sound the irony alarm. He has recaptured a position and his position -- I kid you not -- in the Senate will be minority whip. So, my guess is he takes to that job like, let's say, white on rice.” ShouldBelieveKidsJobsLostI BelieveSoundWhiteLeaderPositionShould HaveMajorityFormerPostsIronyRanCandidatesMinoritiesSenateRiceAlarmsWhipsCommentaryInsensitiveMajority Leader Author:Jon Stewart
“I believe that there are human stocks with whom it is physically unwise to intermarry, but to think that these stocks are all colored or that there are no such white stocks is unscientific and false.” ThinkingBelieveHumansI BelieveWhiteUnwise Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence. Yet I believe you, messengers. There, where the world is turned inside out, a heavy fabric embroidered with stars and beasts, you stroll, inspecting the trustworthy seams.” WorldBelieveI BelieveStarsWhiteExistenceTakenDressesWingsHeavyBeastFabricTrustworthyMessengersAway From You Author:Czeslaw Milosz