Katharine Viner Quotes

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

Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.

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

This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.

More than 300 languages are spoken in London. Religions are freely practiced. Rich and poor live on the same street, side by side. We've actually escaped many of the most difficult problems - integration and community cohesion.

I was really able to integrate into a diverse school and learn to get along with all different types of people.

There is nothing more important for us in Maine than to welcome immigrants and help them not only become part of our community but for us to become part of their communities.

I'm incredibly proud of the fact that my government has worked closely with communities of all different backgrounds.

In the 21st century, government efforts should focus on 'multiculturalism', including the diversity of languages.

My foundation now has some 120 football pitches laid out for children, a lot of them immigrants. We live in a multicultural society.

I wanted to go to Washington to bring people together who had never been together before. I wanted to break down the barriers between races.

My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military schools I attended were a wonderful melting pot.

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.

I believe that our country is a richer, more vibrant society precisely because it is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society.

The diversity of America is a strength of the country, and I don't think that we use that. We don't talk about our strengths. I mean, having so many diverse people in this country from all aspects of all over the world, and we don't use that. I think we should talk about who we are - that melting pot that we've become.

The great thing about musicals is that they transcend race.

Interethnic and spiritual accord is our strategic resource, the basis for progress of our society and state.

I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language. But, yes, it is a challenge. And democracy and democratic debate has to be open to take that debate openly and not push questions aside.

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

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

The ancients knew of no nations that could fuse many discordant elements into one society.

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 constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state

Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world's peoples.

We want to build a flagship refugee home. And I'm going to establish a charity for traumatized children.