Rithy Panh Quotes

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

Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

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.

Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity.

God did not burden the United States with a diversity of backgrounds, ideas and religions, He blessed America with them.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

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.

We must see the pluralism of the world, and not bind it by seeking common denominators.

We have to accept the world has become this place where we have to interact with people who are very different from us.

We - what we need is a dialogue among civilizations. And we need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.

One reason I'm grateful to call Hawai'i home is that the people of these islands embrace diversity and celebrate the colorful fabric of race, ethnicity, and religion that make up our people, place, and culture.

The world is getting smaller. And people are bumping up against people from different parts of the world with very different points of view. The challenge of our time is going to be, how do you allow other points of view to exist within what you traditionally see as your world?

Our nation's multiculturalism is what makes us so special as a nation.

London is a liberal city, in all senses of the word. It is a city built on the idea that the multitude of cultures that inhabit it are a benefit, not a curse, where communities from all over the globe live and work side by side, enriching each other's experiences.

Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.

The best thing about this country is the difference in all of us. We all come from different backgrounds. It's a really beautiful thing.

The first rule of multiculturalism is that you can't talk about multiculturalism.

I am on the side of pluralistic societies, and I will do whatever I can - by the best means available and any means necessary - to protect spaces that encourage open communication between people.

The ultimate vision is to instate in the Muslim world the notion of multiculturalism, which is part of our heritage and history, part of the fundamental, mainstream ideals of Islam.

I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.

This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are.

America rests on shared values rather than shared ethnicity.