Harsh Language

Famous quotes containing the words harsh and/or language:

    I do not care for such speech in the midst of ills; harsh words, even when just, still sting.
    Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

    Please stop using the word “Negro.”... We are the only human beings in the world with fifty-seven variety of complexions who are classed together as a single racial unit. Therefore, we are really truly colored people, and that is the only name in the English language which accurately describes us.
    Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954)