Famous quotes containing the words american and/or blacks:
“Alex Sebastian: Mother, mother.
Mrs. Sebastian: Why are you up so early?
Alex: I need your help.
Mrs. Sebastian: Something is wrong?
Alex: A great deal.... I am married to an American agent.”
—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)
“In the United States the whites speak well of the Blacks but think bad about them, whereas the Blacks talk bad and think bad about the whites. Whites fear Blacks, because they have a bad conscience, and Blacks hate whites because they need not have a bad conscience.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)