Bert Lance Quotes

Anytime I look at a president, I don't care what color he is.

I think it's certainly important that we don't have symbols in our society that are offensive to a segment and that arouse racial division.

I've gotten in trouble with every race you can imagine. They say, 'I can't believe you talked about this - you're racist.' And I say, 'How can I be racist? Isn't racism exclusionary? If all of you are offended, that means I'm including every race in my jokes.'

Britain is obsessed with political correctness.

I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so good on cultural issues.

A racist and misogynist should not be a president in 21st-century America.

Liberals allow right-wingers on their platforms to have a 'civilized discussion,' but there's no reasoning with racists. I don't want them to have a platform that humanizes them. I want to talk down to them and meet them exactly where they are, with absolutely no respect.

Stadiums can be places where people of different colour come to support their teams, or they can be seen as stagnant areas where healthy people will be infected by racism.

If you took away the color of Barack Obama's skin, nobody right now would be paying him any attention.

I have never supported white supremacism but I read this [this description of me] in the papers.

I'm not a racist. That's what's so insane about this.

George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.

I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences.

Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'

You know, Jesse Jackson is just trying to stir up a hornet's nest.

People don't talk about religion a lot in Hollywood because it's not an incredibly safe place to do it.

I don't do politics, I don't do religion, I don't do ethnic jokes.

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.

Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.

I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I've been challenged by so many people, and I don't frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time either.

Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina, I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect.

I'm not politically correct.

The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.

I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil rights legislation was passed at his insistence. JFK showed what you could do, though he was a deeply flawed person, as we all now know.

I think if you're president, color goes away completely: you're president and it doesn't matter if you're white, green or purple.