Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

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.

The idea of the beauty of diversity came from just growing up where I grew up. Los Angeles is a very big city - there's Little Ethiopia, Little Armenia, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, there's African-Americans, Latinos, Europeans.

I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.

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.

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.

Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.

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

I grew up having two different perspectives - one in English, one in Spanish. Two different cultures, very different - but I think that, to me, it's one. I'm just as American as I feel Latin.

It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad.

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.

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.

This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.

From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.

We are a multicultural country - always have been, and to our credit, always will be. It is something that we should be very proud of and embrace.

There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.

America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices.

We are a unique country — multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious. Therefore, out of necessity, we need to moderate our positions. There is no harm in seeking solidarity of one's race but we must accept the basic truth that each one of us needs to communicate peacefully across the racial divide for the betterment of one's community.

Those who stay in America should be open to society without melting.

We honor cultural identity, but separatism is not allowed.

Assimilation was never the goal of the diverse ethnic groups in America. Inclusion without discomfort is now, and ever will be, the goal.

We need to preserve our cultural peculiarities; however, going to the extreme would lead to cultural isolation

I am a Londoner. I'm British. I'm of Islamic faith, Asian origin, Pakistani heritage, so whether it's ISIS or others who want to destroy our way of life and talk about the West, they're talking about me. What better antidote to the hatred they spew than someone like me being in this position.

I don't want to get rid of the typical Dutch tolerance.

We are part of an inspiringly colorful mosaic of cultures and traditions. I will nurture this pluralism.