Juan Antonio Samaranch Quotes

There was a time when politicians could appeal to prejudice and intolerance by baiting the opposition with red-meat code words. Not now. In this new millennium, the world is smaller, as different cultures, traditions, and religious beliefs are merged together.

I am certainly not racist; I even like the British.

Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.

There is no racism in Italy.

No one is attacking Islam, as such. We accept that there is a large French-born Islamic population in France who have a right to be here. The FN is not a racist or Islamophobic party.

Do not give voice to bigotry.

Long before the idea of multiculturalism, in public people could say almost anything to you and get away with it.

Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football.

If I'm racist, don't think I would have directed shows like 'The Parkers' and 'The Wayans Brothers' or worked 41 episodes with Victoria Rowell on 'Diagnosis: Murder.'

I love Canadians because I don't see very much racism in Canada.

I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.

I have never been racist.

Nobody wants to be racist and I think that most people aren't.

I don't like bigotry and intolerance, but they do exist and I don't think you're going to get them out by passing laws.

We don't have anything against Muslims. But we don't want minarets. The minaret is a symbol of a political and aggressive Islam; it's a symbol of Islamic law. The minute you have minarets in Europe, it means Islam will have taken over.

… avoid the use of language which may discriminate on grounds of race, ethnicity, gender, age or culture.

There was no question of the racial superiority of northwestern Europeans or of the racial inferiority of southeastern Europeans. It was simply a question as to which of these two groups of aliens is, as a whole, best fitted by tradition, political background, customs, education, and habits of thought to adjust itself to American institutions and to American social and economic conditions--to become, in short, an adaptable, homogeneous and helpful element in American national life.

I don't have a racist bone in my body.

I'm not anti-Muslim; I'm not anti-immigration.

For me, I don't have to defend myself that I am not a racist. I won't go in that discussion.

When I go back to Essex, where I grew up, I'm still appalled by the homophobia and casual racism and aggression. I live in Lewisham, in south London, and though it might look a bit rough, it's a diverse, friendly neighbourhood.

Racism and bigotry should never fuel any administration's policies. Calls to send anyone 'back' contradict who we should be as a country and the ideals for which we stand.

No, I'm very patriotic. I'm very British and I'm very pro-British, but that in no way means you therefore exterminate anybody else you meet who doesn't come from Britain!

The people of this country are too tolerant. There's no other country in the world where they'd allow it... After all we built up this country and then we allow a lot of foreigners, the scum of Europe, the offscourings of Polish ghettos to come and run it for us.

We know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until we learn to assimilate and learn about other cultures, we will continue to have racism problems. Of course, there are other '-isms' as our ills. We have sexism, ageism, elitism, homophobia-ism, there are many -isms we have to overcome.