Tom Vilsack Quotes

There is room for everyone; there is room for every culture, race, language and point of view.

It's not just about me. It's about all of us, accepting one another. We're all different... That's a good thing.

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.

Britain is an amazing multicultural place to live in, and that should be celebrated and represented.

New York accepts everybody. It doesn't matter your sex, color, religion. Everybody works together to create a better life.

Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.

What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

I consider myself to be blessed. I have a family that is a mix of different religions and different ethnicities. I hope everyone can look beyond the bikini or beyond the whole beauty pageant stereotype of Miss USA, and realize that what I'm doing is more significant than just that. It represents the United States as a country of opportunity, where you can do anything you want to, and ethnicity and religion cannot stop you.

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.

In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

We have managed to make the celebration of diversity our mode of resistance.

The beautiful thing about L.A. is that you have 50 countries in one county. Diversity brings power and muscle.

Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.

We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust, but of strength and inspiration.

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.

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.

I celebrate diversity. It's what makes us great.

We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength.

We should do more than tolerate our diversity. We should honor and celebrate it..

Make the strangers welcome in this land, let them keep their languages and customs, for weak and fragile is the realm which is based on a single language or on a single set of customs

We don’t often take advantage of our American diversity, so why are we celebrating it so much.

I am proud that London is a city where, the vast majority of the time, Jewish people, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, those who are not members of an organized faith, black, white, rich, young, gay, lesbian - don't simply tolerate each other but respect, embrace, and celebrate each other.