Quotes About Pluralism

Many religious moderates have taken the apparent high road of pluralism, asserting the equal validity of all faiths, but in doing so they neglect to notice the irredeemably sectarian truth claims of each.

Many religious moderates have taken the apparent high road of pluralism, asserting the equal validity of all faiths, but in doing so they neglect to notice the irredeemably sectarian truth claims of each. As long as a Christian believes that only his baptized brethren will be saved on the Day of Judgment, he cannot possibly respect the beliefs of others, for he knows that the flames of hell have been stoked by these very ideas and await their adherents even now.

In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

For nearly two hundred years, our nation has derived its strength from the diversity of its people and of their beliefs. That strength has been greatly enhanced by [the Islamic] religious heritage.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.

for a taste for variety is one of the characteristic passions of democracy.

to achieve unity without uniformity is the whole essence of the democratic way of life.

Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. Two cheers are quite enough: there is no occasion to give three.

I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.

As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular.

I certainly do not support excluding faith from public life.

I don't think there is only one Arab culture or a pure Arabness. We are very multiple, especially our generation, which is very multilayered.

The anglophones are Quebecers, as are the French, as are the new Quebecers.

Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.

Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past.

Justice is the most important thing. In a plural society like Malaysia, you cannot have two laws - one law for the Muslim, one law for the non-Muslim.

The world is diverse, and it's important for us to reflect the real world.

We understood nationalism to be Indian nationalism and not Hindu or Muslim or any other kind of religious or other nationalism,

In a pluralistic society, people should be free to do many things that others consider stupid or sinful. But tolerance toward others does not extend to allowing them to kill other people.

the study of diversity is essential for understanding how and why America became what Walt Whitman called a "teeming nation of nations.

Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Freiheit, ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden

Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.