“The church sent missionaries to America to teach the Indians the correct method of sex. In return, they taught us the correct method of sitting in second grade.”— Eric Ziobrowski, Jeff Chiang, Stan Smith (voice), Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com
“They do not know any religion, and I believe they could easily be converted to Christianity, for they are very intelligent.”— Christopher Columbus, eada.lib.umd.edu
“They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, as it appeared to me that they had no religion.”— Christopher Columbus, eada.lib.umd.edu
“Paradoxically, a saint like [Albert] Schweitzer can give one a lot more trouble than King Leopold II, villain of unmitigated guilt, because along with doing good and saving African lives Schweitzer also managed to announce that the African was indeed his brother, but only his junior brother.”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com
“Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a foll…”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com