Andrew Solomon Quotes

We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.

As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more insular, defensive, and protective.

The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'

That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.

I vow to sever any hand raised against this struggling country and to gouge out any eye that glances at us with hate.

Protect the country—Kill the foreigner.

Kill All Foreigners in 3 Months.

Kill the Foreign Devil! Kill! Kill! Kill!

I feel that our attitude to our borders is wrong; it's the first time that an awful lot of people think you can and should just close your border and remain in this splendid isolation.

The people of this country are too tolerant. There's no other country in the world where they'd allow it... After all we built up this country and then we allow a lot of foreigners, the scum of Europe, the offscourings of Polish ghettos to come and run it for us.

The underpinning of immigration concerns is xenophobia and racism and nationalism.

No, I don't mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression.

Hate is ugly.

I grew up in a Britain where 'Paki-bashing' was around in my late teens from the National Front. We also had 'Pakis Go Home,' and even 'Jewel In The Crown' attracted this sort of comment.

Anti-Semitism is a form of racism, and all forms of racism are horrible.

I think Donald Trump believes in putting a wall around America and hoping everything turns out OK.

If saying 'Italians first' is xenophobic, then I don't know what to say.

Too much of the Brexit rhetoric is based on the desire to go out and re-create Empire.

Do I disagree that we need to ban all Muslims from entering the country? Yes, I disagree with that strongly.

Hate is a problem.

Hate is awful.

The more Trump emphasises America First, the more it turns into America Alone.

People tell me to go back to my country, and I'm an American.

Some who campaign against hate, seem to hate the Brexit party more than they love peace.

Trump starts out by saying, 'We need to build walls; we need to do this.' He's very bombastic in what he's saying and his approach to the world.