Quotes About Inclusivity

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.

We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionaries.

T]he term 'nonhuman' grates on me, since it lumps millions of species together by an absence, as if they were missing something. Poor things, they are nonhuman! When students embrace this jargon in their writing, I cannot resist sarcastic corrections in the margin saying that for completeness's sake, they should add that the animals they are talking about are also nonpenguin, nonhyena, and a whole lot more.

Cultural diversity does not only imply geographically separated cultures. It can also include ethnic, class, professional, or organizational cultures. The mere fact that an individual is different from most people around him promotes more open and divergent, perhaps even rebellious, thinking in that person.

We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the human condition.

I want the world to recognize with me the open door of every consciousness

To politicize the masses is to make the nation in its totality a reality for every citizen. To make the experience of the nation, the experience of every citizen" (140).

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.

I know that when I walk out of the studio someday and there is a child who has Downs Syndrome, for instance, and that child comes up and gives me a hug, I know that that's the field I want to be growing in. Because I see that people who are not the fancy people of this world are the ones who seem to nourish my soul. And I want to learn how to be the best receiver that I can ever be. Because I think graceful receiving is one of the most wonderful gifts we can give anybody.

It's the people who feel strong and good about themselves inside who are best able to accept outside differences—their own or others'. We help children develop this ability every time we affirm how special they are to us for being themselves, and how special to us are all the things that make each person different from anyone else.

A scholar attracts by his knowledge, a wealthy man by riches, a handsome man by beauty, an artist by his skill. Only love attracts all human beings. The attraction of love is unlimited. And educated and uneducated, rich or poor, skilled or unskilled, beautiful or ugly, healthy or sick, and young or old—all want to be loved. Christ spread his love on everyone, and lovingly drew all to himself. With his great love he encompassed even the dead, long decomposed and forgotten by men.

One of the aspects of the genius of Franklin Delano Roosevelt was that, although a convinced Democrat, he was quite prepared to use talent wherever he found it.

There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'

There was no difference between the men and the women of the Black Panther Party. We were all working to serve the community.

Ain't nothing wrong with being a woman, gancho," Lopen said. "Some of my relatives are women.

They will try," Jasnah said, "to define you by something you are not. Don't let them. I can be a scholar, a woman, a historian, a Radiant. People will still try to classify me by the thing that makes me an outsider. They want, ironically, the thing I don't do or believe to be the prime marker of my identity. I have always rejected that, and will continue to do so.

You want to get a palaquin?" Lopen asked. "Those are for women." "Ain't nothing wrong with being a woman, gancho," Lopen said. "Some of my relatives are women.

I try to hate everyone. That way, I don't risk leaving out anyone who is particularly deserving.

She inspected him lying on the deck, and he raised a fist in a gesture of solidarity. "Radiant the Lopen," Rysn said, ". . . um, what do you call a Thaylen who can't walk?" "Not sure, gancha." "Names. From afar." He grinned widely. "Of course," Rysn added. "I'd never stand for that sort of thing." The Lopen about died from laughing. He called to his cousin again, translating the jokes. This time Huio chuckled.

You're my friends now. We're having soft tacos later.

Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.

Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites.