Matthew Arnold Quotes

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

I've never been one to tear the social fabric.

When the sense of solidarity has been developed to such a point that each one feels the cause of all others as his own, we shall be drawing near to international and to social peace.

You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Assimilation is what has made America great.

Peace, political stability and reconciliation are not too much to ask for. They are the minimum that a decent civilized society provides.

This is a country where Jews and Arabs speak without fear. Where people come from different cultures the world over. Where everyone becomes Brazilian rapidly.

A common language is critical to cohesion and national identity in an ethnically diverse society

The first requisite for the progress of a nation is the brotherhood and unity amongst sections of the society.

We need a cohesive society that is tolerant.

I believed in the goodness of the Australian people; I believed they did not want to be attacking each other, and from those thoughts, I got the idea of Reconciliation in the campaign slogan and of turning this into something practical by calling a summit to bring representatives of all sections of society together, from the wealthiest to the poor.

Having more than one legal system running is not a sign of a healthy or inclusive society. It is just one less thing that people have in common.

I think that we're more united than the media would care to admit. We're not as divided as the perception would relay - not in the United States, not anywhere, really, in the world.

Religion is the centre which unites, and the cement which connects the several parts of members of the political body.

True Islam taught me that it takes all of the religious, political, economic, psychological, and racial ingredients, or characteristics, to make the Human Family and the Human Society complete.

The oneness of community for instance is at the heart of our culture.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Our way of living together in America is a strong but delicate fabric. It is made up of many threads. It has been woven over many centuries by the patience and sacrifice of countless liberty-loving men and women. It serves as a cloak for the protection of poor and rich, of black and white, of Jew and Gentile, of foreign and native born. Let us not tear it asunder. For no man knows, once it is destroyed, where or when man will find its protective warmth again.

The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.

America's strength is that it is capable of accepting people into its communities.

If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my defenses and hostility, and I will sing your praises and help you to make the desert bear fruit.

I think we're a little bit more astray, more far afield from true integration and true acceptance.

The philosophic aim of education must be to get each one out of his isolated class and into the one humanity.

It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community