Newt Gingrich Quotes

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.

We would like to get to a point in our society where people really are colorblind and this message would not have to be told anymore. Unfortunately, we're not there yet.

At the end of the day, if you're not against racism, you're racist.

If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists as whites are.

I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

I don't believe in blanket statements on race.

I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we're all in the same boat.

I am not the Jeff Sessions my detractors have tried to create. I am not a racist. I am not insensitive to blacks.

Racist means thinking more highly of another, being superior to another. I don't feel better or superior - white, black, yellow, all the same.

I am disappointed that after all of the struggles that we have had in this country for such a long time, trying to get through and beyond racism and bigotry and discrimination - I think it is sad. It just tells us the kind of work that we have to do as - as America, as a nation.

I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man by the color of his skin. It teaches me to judge him by his deeds and his conscious behavior. And it teaches me to be for the rights of all human beings, but especially the Afro-American human being, because my religion is a natural religion, and the first law of nature is self-preservation.

You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them.

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.

The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.

Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.

So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.

I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

If white America is ready to extend complete democratic rights to colored people, there will be no race, no racial tension and no racial prejudice on either side, but we can be sure that any movement 'back to normalcy' in race relations will be bitterly resisted by colored people. It is now up to white America to make its choice...

Race has no place in American life or law.

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race.... And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently..

Antiracism is direct opposition to any idea that supposes one race is better than any other in any respect.

What I remember about race relations in the 1990s is that you showed your awareness by saying you didn't see race, that you were colour-blind.

For everybody, I think that we all, when we look at this situation of race, we need a change of heart, and I said it before. I believe the heart change comes from repenting of your racism, repenting of your bias, repenting of your prejudice and understanding that, you know what, God sees us all the same.