Ruth Negga Quotes

The more we can be in a relationship with those who might seem strange to us, the more we can feel like we're neighbors and all members of the human family.

I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.

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

Americans are at our best when we build bridges between us, not walls around us.

I am committed to examining my feelings and will recognize, appreciate and respect the differences among people in our society.

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

We, as Americans, do our level best to avoid being cruel to one another; we're led out of a diverse nation to come together and learn how to live with one another in a way that elevates everyone and our way of life. We've tried mightily to renew and imagine - imagine anew what it means to be free, what it means to be fair.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

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

If you walk down the street and see someone in a box, you have a choice. That person is either the other and you're fearful of them, or that person is an extension of your family. And that makes you at home in that world and not fearful. So really it's very self-serving.

We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.

My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.

Let us not act out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity, and regard for all that make our country great.

In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.

I want to give people who might not feel included a place to go.

I believe it's our responsibility to show our communities the value of all people, to celebrate different, and to take a stand for acceptance and inclusion.

I needed our fans to know they're loved and accepted, and fear isn't the way to go.

In just my own neighborhood, you can't go one block without seeing a sign that says, you know, 'Everyone's welcome here,' 'Refugees are welcome here.' I love my Muslim neighbors, and so there is truly this spirit of generosity and compassion and openness that still exists.

I think that the message of inclusion is something a lot of people believe in and want to see succeed.

If we could truly experience one another, we could end bigotry.

I want people to be more accepting.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society.