John Grey Gorton Quotes

A lot of people don't know this, but Toronto is probably the most multicultural city in North America.

In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.

America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices.

There have been very few societies which are multi-racial and knew any degree of peace.

Assimilation was never the goal of the diverse ethnic groups in America. Inclusion without discomfort is now, and ever will be, the goal.

New Orleans is truly a city of many nations, a melting pot, a bubbling cauldron of many cultures. There is no other place quite like it in the world that so eloquently exemplifies the uniquely American motto: e pluribus unum — out of many we are one.

I really love Japan, and I liked living there very much, and there are so many terrific things about Japan. However, I do think what's amazing is that Japan really prides itself on being monoracial. It doesn't have the same kind of idea as in the U.K. or Canada or the United States, in which the idea of diversity is a strength.

England really is at the forefront of being a melting pot of all cultures.

But it's different in England. We have different players from different races, even in the lower leagues. They don't have that in some places abroad.

The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.

Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.

Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.

America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.

I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.

As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off.

Honolulu is a melting pot.

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order

Those who stay in America should be open to society without melting.

New Americans are not to be feared as strangers. They are to be welcomed as neighbors.

A State which is incompetent to satisfy different races condemns itself.

Assimilation is what has made America great.

… avoid the use of language which may discriminate on grounds of race, ethnicity, gender, age or culture.

Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.

I've grown up in a very diverse background.