Antonio Guterres Quotes

Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.

We need diversity in our population to make it work.

I think we should appreciate ethnicity and diversity, and appreciate the uniqueness of all people, but I don't think we should be ethnocentric. These things are not ultimate.

I think there's sometimes too much attention to a few people who do hold extreme views. Most Americans go about their lives living in communities that are increasingly multiethnic, increasingly multi-religious. And they are welcoming of people who are not like themselves. Now, I don't have rose-colored glasses about America, because I grew up in the segregated South. But I watch it every day. I think that Americans are very tolerant people.

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.

I think that America is more diverse than ever before, and is continuing to become more diverse, and our content should and is reflecting that.

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

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.

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

The most beautiful thing about Brazil that I always find that is so unlike any other place I've been in the world is the diversity of its people.

Ours is a vast country, many languages, many castes, creeds, religions.

We had representatives of most every ethnic group in the public school, and I always felt that this gave me a sense of balance about those ethnic problems that was useful to me in later life, and particularly in political life.

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.

The key to India's success is its diversity. Our diversity is the core that makes us so unique. In this land we find a mix of states and regions, religions, languages, cultures, lifestyles and much more. We are so different and yet so similar and united.

People want to complain... my point especially when it comes to racial humor is... we have that diversity, so I don't look at it like we are making fun of people, I look at it as how awesome is it that we can talk about this stuff, that we do have this kind of diversity, that we do live in a country that shows an array, unlike any other in the world.

Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech.

The unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country's greatest strengths.

To me, America is a symbol of all different views, different types of people coming together.

Uruguay is a country which has grown from immigration, people from all over. That is our origin.

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.

For me, it's important to get back to fundamentally what it feels like to be an American. We all come from different backgrounds, but we come together and create this world. It's like a microcosm for the rest of the world. I want people to feel unity when they come to a show.

Diversity is essential to happiness and in Utopia there is hardly any. This is a defect in all planned social systems.

When I was in Mecca I noticed that their, they had no color problem. That they had people there whose eyes were blue and people there whose eyes were black, people whose skin was white, people whose skin was black, people whose hair was blond, people whose hair was black, from the whitest white person to the blackest black person.

Diversity hasn't a thing to do with why this country is great. Diversity is not a factor in any way when defining or explaining America's greatness.

We are lucky to live in a world made up of so many different kinds of people and I am confident in the direction we are going.