Barack Obama Quotes

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

As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular.

One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation.

People of faith, people of no faith, people of different faith, that's what America is all about; it's bringing that diversity into and challenge of the different ideas that motivate people in our country. That's what makes America work.

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

We should accept diversity and pluralism and learn to live in them, and learn how to grow in them, without losing our identity and compromising ourselves

Religion is for God, and the country is for everyone.

Secularism and pluralism are two of the defining ethos of Western societies. The former decouples religion from governmental institutions whilst the latter seeks to protect the rights of all citizens to freely practice their creed.

The key to India's success is its diversity. Our diversity is the core that makes us so unique. In this land we find a mix of states and regions, religions, languages, cultures, lifestyles and much more. We are so different and yet so similar and united.

India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity.

The bedrock of this country are immigration and, really, a great separation between church and state.

We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions-bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities.

To me, the good thing about living in L.A. is diversity in lifestyle choices, color, and religion.

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

America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.

Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, or what our last names are, or how we worship.

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.

To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.

I don't think it's a good thing to have Christian states, Muslim states, or any kind of ethnic states.

The great American tradition is one of pluralism, not exclusive secularism. The strength of our country is reflected in the contributions that we all make to the common good.

Above all there is our fixed joint determination to build a strong and united Fiji, rich in diversity and pampered with tolerance, goodwill and understanding.

Citizenship in a diverse society means living with our deepest differences and committing ourselves to work for public policies that are in the best interest of all individuals, families, communities and our nation.

They must not only give up their attitude of intolerance towards this hand and its age-long traditions, but must also cultivate the positive attitude of love and devotion instead—they must cease to be foreigners, or may stay in the country wholly subordinated to the Hindu nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privileges… not even citizen’s rights.

America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.