Bob Riley Quotes

Americans know that we have more in common than we do differences.

President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.

Nothing inspires greater tolerance from the intolerant than an abundance of common and unifying beliefs, practices, rituals, institutions, and processes.

While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.

Our differences needn't divide us, but unity takes work.

You cannot do politics by breaking the society into pieces or creating hatred.

In a time where there are divides between cultures and races, I would love to use my position to show that we are all the same inside and working together is the key to moving forward.

I hope that I can find the common thread that connects us all and say: We can build a better Canada together.

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.

I will, from this day strive to forge togetherness out of our differences.

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.

All Democrats recognize we do have differences because we are a big family.

Don’t divide the world into “them” and “us.”

The first requisite for the progress of a nation is the brotherhood and unity amongst sections of the society.

That differences of race, color, and creed are natural, and that diverse groups, institutions, and ideas are stimulating factors in the development of man; That to promote harmony in diversity is a responsible task of religion and statesmanship; That since no individual can express the whole truth, it is essential to treat with understanding and good will those whose views differ from our own; That by the testimony of history intolerance is the door to violence, brutality and dictatorship; and That the realization of human interdependence and solidarity is the best guard of civilization.

To help keep diversity a wellspring of strength and make America a better place for all, I pledge to have respect for people whose abilities, beliefs, culture, race, sexual identity or other characteristics are different from my own.

The things that divide us in politics are infinitesimal compared with the dignity of our common humanity.

I believed in the goodness of the Australian people; I believed they did not want to be attacking each other, and from those thoughts, I got the idea of Reconciliation in the campaign slogan and of turning this into something practical by calling a summit to bring representatives of all sections of society together, from the wealthiest to the poor.

At the end of the day, I believe we can all work to foster a spirit of compassion, understanding, and awareness within our communities.

The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue, would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

Americans are at our best when we build bridges between us, not walls around us.

We develop sentiments that we are only going to work with people like us. But you don't build up a nation by working with people like you. You overcome a history of conflict by reaching out to people very much unlike you.

I truly believe that building bridges, not building walls and not giving into fear, will make our communities better.

I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.