Jerome Boateng Quotes

We are a multicultural country - always have been, and to our credit, always will be. It is something that we should be very proud of and embrace.

I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.'

Diversity is what is destroying the country.

Canada is the only country in the West that hasn't given in to the rhetoric of fear. The dominant rhetoric is a line of inclusion.

Our nation's multiculturalism is what makes us so special as a nation.

Canadians are so different and so lovely.

Our nation is comprised of many different backgrounds and cultures, one of the many things that makes me immensely proud to be a South African.

We are not a nation that says 'don't ask, don't tell.' We are a nation that says 'out of many, we are one.'

America rests on shared values rather than shared ethnicity.

We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.

We all have our place in this diverse Spain.

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.

I grew up in a neighborhood with blacks and Puerto Ricans and Italians, the whole gamut, so conveying unity has always meant a lot to me.

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

Everyone should be proud of who they are and where they come from because America is a big melting pot of diverse ethnicities. It's great to be part of this wonderful country.

One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation.

The diversity of America is a strength of the country, and I don't think that we use that. We don't talk about our strengths. I mean, having so many diverse people in this country from all aspects of all over the world, and we don't use that. I think we should talk about who we are - that melting pot that we've become.

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.

I don't believe in frontiers, and I don't believe in races or nationalities.

I've been marching in every single ethnic nationality parade all throughout the City of New York. We're all Americans first and foremost, but people understand their heritage and it's good to see.

The prominence given to our nation as a rainbow country has its genesis and credence in our 'Calaloo culture' of which our East Indian brothers and sisters have played a principal part.

From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.

In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're of whatever race. If anything, I'm British, and that's it. So let's just get on with it, really.

America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.