Charles Mills Quotes
Charles Mills was a Jamaican-American philosopher, distinguished professor at the City University of New York, and one of the most original political philosophers of his generation. The Racial Contract reread the social contract tradition of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau as in fact a racial contract, in which white personhood was constituted through the systematic exclusion of nonwhites from the moral and political community. The quotes below are attributed to Charles Mills, organized by topic.
Charles Mills on Justice
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“Justice begins in the recognition of the actual injustices of the actual world.”
Charles Mills on Knowledge
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“A university teaches. What does it teach? It must obviously teach all the languages in which the great literatures which have been preserved were written — Hebrew , Arabic , Sanskrit , Greek , Latin , French , Italian , German , Scandinavian , and English .”
Z. Elmarsafy; A. Bernard; D. Attwell (13 June 2013). Debating Orientalism . Springer. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-137-34111-2 . -
“Z. Elmarsafy; A. Bernard; D. Attwell (13 June 2013). Debating Orientalism . Springer. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-137-34111-2 .”
A university teaches. What does it teach? It must obviously teach all the languages in which the great literatures which have been preserved were written — Hebrew , Arabic , Sanskrit , Greek , Latin , French , Italian , German , Scandinavian , and English . -
“Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.”
Over entrance (“Enter”) and exit (“Depart”) of Dexter gate (gift of Class of 1890) to Harvard Yard, erected 1901. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] | Alternatives Eliot considered included “Enter daily to grow in wisdom,” and “Depart to serve better thy country and mankind .” [ 3 ] [ 4 ] | Widely paraphrased as: Enter to learn; go forth to serve. | Used by schools including Brigham Young University, Delaware State Univ -
“Over entrance (“Enter”) and exit (“Depart”) of Dexter gate (gift of Class of 1890) to Harvard Yard, erected 1901. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]”
Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind. -
“Alternatives Eliot considered included “Enter daily to grow in wisdom,” and “Depart to serve better thy country and mankind .” [ 3 ] [ 4 ]”
Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind. -
“Widely paraphrased as: Enter to learn; go forth to serve.”
Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind. -
“Sometimes credited (in abbreviated form) to Margaret Sanger . [ 6 ]”
Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind. -
“Sometimes parodied as: “Enter to learn; go forth to earn.” [ 5 ]”
Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.
Charles Mills on Politics
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“The social contract has always been a racial contract.”
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“Liberal political philosophy is a moral apartheid kept in place by the abstraction from history.”
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“Whiteness is not a color but a political settlement.”
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“Political philosophy must be reconciled with political reality, or it ceases to be political.”
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“Used by schools including Brigham Young University, Delaware State University, Tennessee State University, Keene State College, and Oakland City College. [ 5 ]”
Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.