James Madison Quotes

The fathers who contrived and passed the Consititution were wise in their generation; as time passes, we come more and more to realize their powers of divination.

Expulsion and genocide, though both are international offenses, must remain distinct; the former is an offense against fellow-nations, whereas the latter is an attack upon human diversity as such, that is, upon a characteristic of the "human status" without which the very words "mankind" or "humanity" would be devoid of meaning.

It is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is not for them to adapt to the dominant and dominating world of the so-called non-disabled. It is for us to adapt our understanding of a common humanity; to learn of the richness of how human life is diverse; to recognize the presence of disability in our human midst as an enrichment of our diversity.

So many humans. So many colors.

Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen, and in which almost everything has.

There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.

Those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed he Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God of heaven could find on the face of the earth. They were choice spirits . . . noble spirits before God.

I suppose to a certain degree. London's my favorite place on the planet and the reason for that is its fantastic diversity.

There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.

I cannot guarantee people absolute fairness. I can only promise that I will do everything in my power to secure fairness or create a greater degree of fairness.

The lives of great men cannot be writ with any tolerable degree of elegance or exactness within a short time after their decease.

There is no normal. I've never met a normal person. The concept is flawed. It implies that there is only one way people are supposed to be, and that can't possible be true. Human experience is far too varied.

All men [are] of one metal, but not in one mold.

... no matter how great the differences are between men and women, the differences among members of the same sex are usually equally great if not greater.

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.

The Holy Koran tells us, 'O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.'

I believe that America is the indispensable nation of the world. Just the creation of this nation itself was a miracle.

Rome was mud and smoky skies; the rank smell of the Tiber and the exotically spiced cooking fires of a hundred different nationalities. Rome was white marble and gilding and heady perfumes; the blare of trumpets and the shrieking of market-women and the eternal, sub-aural hum of more people, speaking more languages than Gaius had ever imagined existed, crammed together on seven hills whose contours had long ago disappeared beneath this encrustation if humanity. Rome was the pulsing heart of the world.

People are too complicated to have simple labels.

There's more variation among human groups than between human groups.

There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.

For me going down in history being the first black American to win the gold, I think more colored people are going to start coming to the gymnastics world and say 'okay, anything is possible. If Gabby did it, then I can do it too.'

He reflected. 'I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!

The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.