Quotes About Inclusion

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people.

Your station in life does not define you. The promise of America is for all of us.

Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from every part of the world and converting them into standardized, homogenized Americans. We are, I think, much more mature and wise today. Just as we welcome a world of diversity, so we glory in an America of diversity -- an America all the richer for the many different and distinctive strands of which it is woven.

People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can't pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They speak in languages we once classified as exotic but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen. But what they say is very much the same the world over. They want a decent standard of living. They want human dignity and a voice in their own futures. They want their children to grow up strong and healthy and free.

Racism is racism–and there is no room in America for racism of any color. And we must reject calls for racism, whether they come from a throat that is white or one that is black.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

multiculturalism is the art of creating harmony out of diversity. [p58 Chapter 2: We were born to cooperate, not compete]

It is part of the established tradition in the use of juries as instruments of public justice that the jury be a body truly representative of the community. For racial discrimination to result in the exclusion from Jury service of otherwise qualified groups not only violates our Constitution and the laws enacted under it, but is at war with our basic concepts of a democratic society and a representative government.

With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.

Le Cardinal's conclusion suprised him. L'Arche produced a collective intelligence that was greater than the sum of its parts; interaction between the able and the disabled produced points of view that were more sophisticated than either group reported on its own.

That the notion of 'national community' gained its definition by those it excluded from it...

Even today, women are generally under-represented in mathematics and science, but it's no longer socially acceptable to attribute this to differences in ability or mentality, as several prominent men have discovered to their dismay. Nor is there a shred of evidence to support those views.

In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.

Cuando la mente está llena de prejuicios establecidos, no podrá injertar al Sufismo sobre ellos.

Pies encadenados en presencia de amigos es mejor que vivir en un jardín con extraños.

Dicho del Profeta Mujeres Las mujeres son la mitad gemela de los hombres.

Dicho del Profeta Ayudando a otros Les ordeno ayudar a cualquier persona oprimida, tanto si es musulmán como si no.

Well, the correct answer is he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?

We [the United States] are trusted. We are trusted to fight aggression, to relieve suffering, to serve as inspiration to freedom-seeking people, to stand alongside our friends, and to welcome the tired, the poor, the huddled masses of other lands yearning to breathe free. That is who we have been, now are, and always must be.

But the wonderful thing about our democratic system is that anyone can jump in regardless of qualifications and present himself or herself to the American people, whether you are a former general, a former politician, a fool, or whatever. Quoted in The NPR Interviews 1996, edited by Robert Siegal

Chloe wasn't a defect. I refuse to ever look at my child that way . . . or allow anyone else in my presence to do so.

Acceptance is always progression.

Accepting and understanding difference is the key to progression.