Quotes About Pluralism

Hinduism's basic tenet is that many roads exist by which men have pursued and still pursue their quest for the truth and that none has universal validity.

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences.

religious pluralism—the belief that all religions are true.

Many of the central ideas of the major religions cannot be reconciled, which gives the lie to the trendy tenet of pluralism that all religions at their core are the same.

The Midland Midwest would develop as a center of moderation and tolerance, where people of many faiths and ethnicities lived side by side, largely minding their own business.

the best sources in the Western tradition have argued that morality is much more than, indeed qualitatively different from, the sum of the values that an essentially autonomous self chooses for itself. Classical, Jewish, and Christian sources, such as Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero, or Augustine, John Chrysostom, Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas, and John Calvin, insist that morality is neither plural nor subjective.

Libertarian is someone who says, 'you can be as liberal or conservative as you want to be, just don't force others to be like you.

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses

This stance makes no distinction between (1) the pluralistic standpoint of making sure people have equal rights and (2) the act of co-dependently making sure not to hurt anyone's feelings, however irrational they may be. We need to stop that nonsense. Getting your feelings hurt, quite frankly, is the price of living a in a free society.

México parece listo para dar el paso, pero no lo está realmente. No está dispuesto, ni en el gobierno ni en la sociedad, a someterse a lo único que puede arbitrar una pluralidad democrática efectiva: el respeto colectivo a la ley.

God requireth not a uniformity of religion.

I represent the concept that pluralism is essential, union pluralism. I made an oath about this.

Was the Soviet Union reformable? I would say no. They said, 'Okay, the Soviet Union isn't working.' They would say, 'No, it's great. We just need democracy, political pluralism, private property.' And then there was no Soviet Union. The European Union is the same.

The unique thing about our country is that we have Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, and people of all other religions. We have temples and mosques, gurdwaras and churches. But we do not bring all this into politics... This is the difference between India and Pakistan.

It may be the optimist in me, but I think America has a uniquely powerful and capacious glue internally. The American identity has always been ethnically and religiously neutral, so within one generation you have Italian-Americans, Irish-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Jamaican-Americans - they feel American. It's a huge success story.

The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.

I don't think a Jewish or Christian or Islamic state is a proper concept. I would object to the United States as a Christian state.

We can make the United States a 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity.

India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity.

We have left and right; religious and secular; Druse; ultra-Orthodox women. Unity is very important.

Extremist movements are driven by their inability to tolerate the basic human fact of pluralism. They refuse to accept the natural cultural and religious diversity of our world, seeking to impose their own beliefs and behaviours as a universal pattern for humanity.

We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity.

There's practically no religion that I know of that sees other people in a way that affirms the others' choices. But in our century we're forced to think about a pluralistic world.