Yemi Osinbajo Quotes

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.

America rests on shared values rather than shared ethnicity.

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.

Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

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

We are a multicultural society in a continuous state of abrasion.

A constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state

The fact that societies are becoming increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multi-religious is good. Diversity is a strength, not a weakness.

More than 300 languages are spoken in London. Religions are freely practiced. Rich and poor live on the same street, side by side. We've actually escaped many of the most difficult problems - integration and community cohesion.

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.

People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others.

Multiculturalism may well be our saviour, wresting us out from the straitjacket of our history, thrusting the old continent into an environment where other ethnicities, less cynical and more positive, will play a big role in its future.

Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.

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

I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.

When I go to Iran, I see... that there are all different shades and colors in Iran, from atheist to religious zealot. So Iran is no different than any other country. I mean, they are connected with the rest of the world.

I believe that our country is a richer, more vibrant society precisely because it is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society.

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

I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures.

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here!

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

Our nation has been called a melting pot. I think of it more as a mosaic, one to which many groups make their own distinct contributions.

Assimilation is what has made America great.

The main hope of harmony in our troubled world lies rather in the plurality of our identities, which intertwine with each other and are resistant to drastic divisions