Margrethe II of Denmark Quotes

Our first challenge in America today is simply to open our eyes to these changes, to discover America anew, and to explore the many ways in which the new immigration has changed the religious landscape of our cities and towns, our neighborhoods and schools.

The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.

American Jews are no longer a homogenous minority; we come in all colors and from all corners of the world.

Uruguay is a country which has grown from immigration, people from all over. That is our origin.

Sweden was once a very homogenous society, but no more. For decades, people have been coming into Sweden from all over the world, and that's changed the way we cook.

Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

I feel like decades ago it was either you're black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities.

Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else.

If they are good workmen, they may be of Asia, Africa or Europe. They may be Mohammetans [Moslems] Jews or Christians or any Sect–or they may be Atheists.

Australia will be a multiracial nation in the future.

There are men of eighteen different languages; they are scattered here and there upon the [Hudson] river.

There is less and less of France abroad, and more that is foreign in France.

Urban growth, ethnic and religious diversity. and the spread of large corporations destroyed the reality of Protestant, middle-class power in the region and the ability of their ideology and the pioneer symbol to remain uncontested. The region's leadership class came to include Catholics as well as Protestants, corporate leaders, professionals, and small producers.

Immigrants are changed by the greater society. Immigrants change the greater society.

Why can't you ask people if they want more or fewer Germans or Belgians or Moroccans?

Marseille has a big Muslim community. The good thing is it is a melting point: all nationalities in there. Everyone is fine with each other. It is really close to North Africa, to Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, so a lot of them come from there.

When I was growing up, many of my relatives had never seen a black person before. Today, hundreds, maybe thousands of Africans live in Istanbul's old city alone. It's hard to imagine their lives in their human totality.

The truth is that many, if not most, nations of the world are made up of different peoples - and cultures and beliefs and religions - who find themselves thrown together by circumstance.

That's what this country is. It's made up of immigrants.

I read in the paper today the list of the most popular boys' names in Britain. The first was Jack, the second was Mohammed. That makes me feel a little bit worried.

We will not allow to become a political issue in this country the question of Asianisation.

America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.

Not merely a nation but a nation of nations.

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.

It is good to live in a country where all are immigrants ... the newcomer is simply the latest arrival.