Social Vigilance Quotes

Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Avoid banquets which are given by strangers an ignorant persons. But if there is ever occasion to join them, let your attention be carefully fixed, that you slip not into the manner of the vulgar (the uninstructed).

As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.

New York is like a big dinner party. You have to be very careful about what you say and do because you never know whose feet are touching under the table.

African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.

The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders.

An almost unnatural vigilance is really required of the citizen because of the horrible rapidity with which human institutions grow old.

My greatest hope for a future without another Deepwater Horizon disaster lies in our schools, living rooms and community centers, not in boardrooms, political chambers and big industry. If this happens again, we won't have the luxury of the unknown to shield us from answering 'Why?'