Reuven Rivlin Quotes

Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.

It really is possible to disagree with someone's policies without hating them. Grown-ups can do that.

Tolerance is important, especially in a democracy. The ability to have honest conversations, even if you come from a different place, a difference perspective, is fundamentally important.

You can have your own thought process about things, but you still need to include and co-exist with other people.

It's always very important that you can completely disagree with someone, but it doesn't fundamentally mean that they are bad people.

We can focus on differences that divide us, or we can choose to listen and learn from each other's experiences.

I write a world where everyone is partly right.

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

Society is unity in diversity.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together.

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.

In Sheffield, we need support from the community and for the community. We need integration with no loss of heritage, and a clear appreciation of what is and is not acceptable.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we're as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned.

God calls all of his children to the table. We can disagree and even say a lot of hateful things, but what we can't do in good conscience is leave the table. Or demand that someone else not be at the table.

One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.

Queens is famous throughout the world for diversity and tolerance. But really it's what we have in common that makes our neighborhoods work, our students succeed, and our families able to care for children and grandparents as they can.

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

If you come from a place of love, and you're not saying, 'I'm better than you,' that's one thing that allows you to talk about different ethnicities. It's almost like laughing with each other.

What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.

Let's not demonize people who don't happen to agree with us.

We are a unique country — multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious. Therefore, out of necessity, we need to moderate our positions. There is no harm in seeking solidarity of one's race but we must accept the basic truth that each one of us needs to communicate peacefully across the racial divide for the betterment of one's community.