Tan Cheng Bock Quotes

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

There are many pointers in the Bible concerning the rightness, the goodness, the beauty, the justice, the preciousness of racial harmony and diversity.

I grew up in a neighborhood with blacks and Puerto Ricans and Italians, the whole gamut, so conveying unity has always meant a lot to me.

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order

The white and colored people of this country [can] be blended into a common nationality…

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.

It is so important for European countries, post-Second World War, to prove that they can be successful multiethnic and multiracial democracies. I think we in Britain have had great success in avoiding the hatreds and prejudices of the past.

Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.

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.

It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together.

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

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

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

Diversity is what is destroying the country.

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

We live in a diverse society - in fact, a diverse world - and we must learn to live in peace and with respect for each other.

As footballers, you just grow up with people from different backgrounds and different colors of skin.

One reason I'm grateful to call Hawai'i home is that the people of these islands embrace diversity and celebrate the colorful fabric of race, ethnicity, and religion that make up our people, place, and culture.

I grew up around a lot of foreign people - it was a big mix but there were never any problems.

One of my key areas of unification is to champion multiracialism. Multiracialism is vital to unity.

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.

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.

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

America rests on shared values rather than shared ethnicity.