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In junior high school I was an object of pure ridicule for my dress withdrawal and asocial manner. Dozens of times I saw individuals laugh and smile more in ten to fifteen minutes than I did in all my life up to then.

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The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.

One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength it's not a weakness.

We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. America's lands remain radiantly rich with diversity and freedom still reigns.

We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust but of strength and inspiration.

My father was the son of immigrants and he grew up bilingual but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time but ultimately diversity is a strength.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.

America's strength is not our diversity our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.

Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today.

The new republic should be based on diversity respect and equal rights for all.

One thing that I feel very very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries Islamic people Islamic leaders as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought.

Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition social milieu and personal character as possible.

The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement in the overwhelming virtue of diversity these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals.

Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.

For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black Hispanic Asian Jewish Muslim or gay we still must overcome.

For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization.

When power leads man toward arrogance poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts poetry cleanses.

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.

If we pollute the air water and soil that keep us alive and well and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function no amount of money will save us.

In 1989 when I switched from Democrat to Republican with God as my witness not one thing changed about what I believed about one man and one woman in a marriage or about diversity of color. That's a good thing.

We need to give each other the space to grow to be ourselves to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas openness dignity joy healing and inclusion.

Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.

Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.