Bernice Johnson Reagon Quotes

What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!

That differences of race, color, and creed are natural, and that diverse groups, institutions, and ideas are stimulating factors in the development of man; That to promote harmony in diversity is a responsible task of religion and statesmanship; That since no individual can express the whole truth, it is essential to treat with understanding and good will those whose views differ from our own; That by the testimony of history intolerance is the door to violence, brutality and dictatorship; and That the realization of human interdependence and solidarity is the best guard of civilization.

Judaism shouldn't be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together.

In San Francisco, our diversity is our strength.

But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience.

We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing more diverse all the time, and one of the more harmonious in terms of how we live together.

Diversity is really a richness for mankind.

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.

Society is unity in diversity.

In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.

Tolerance is forced on people in London.

Victoria is proudly the multicultural capital of Australia; we have a diverse, harmonious community.

Kids are our future, and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be black or white.

I grew up with all kinds of people.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.

I don't really believe in cliques - I think everyone can be friends with everyone.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

I'm pretty open to all walks of life.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

I grew up in New York City, a town with different races, religions, and peoples. It breeds tolerance.

If everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world.

What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.

Our goal should be to understand our differences.

Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.