“As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.”
What does it mean to be a man? These quotes explore masculinity, fatherhood, strength, vulnerability, and the evolving expectations placed on men by society, by women, and by themselves.
“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.”
“As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.”
“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.”
“Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.”
“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.”
“A man's kiss is his signature.”
“In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.”
“There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.”
“I think people are born bisexual and the make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who is bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never sleep with a girl who had slept with a man.”
“When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.”
“Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals nay it is treachery to comrades.”
“Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.”
“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”
“It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.”
“Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances.”
“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.”