Inclusivity Quotes

Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.

We want to have a conversation about what does it mean to be liberal in the 21st century and how do we go about creating that kind of a society.

Do not shut up the young people against their will in a pew, and force the children to ask them questions for an hour against their will.

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.

The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations And Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all our rights and previleges...

If they are good workmen, they may be of Asia, Africa or Europe. They may be Mohammetans [Moslems] Jews or Christians or any Sect–or they may be Atheists.

If India is not secular, then India is not India at all.

We are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood. To hate a man because he was born in another land, because he speaks a different language, or because he has different views is a great folly. Desist, I implore you, for we are all equally human….Let us have but one end in view – the welfare of humanity.

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else

America is great precisely because it is an open society, and an open society recognizes that nobody is the ultimate arbiter — and that we may be wrong at times, even if we are powerful. We must be open to criticism and respect divergent and different views and interests.

We don't really get to see gay characters who are completely open with their sexuality, but it doesn't define who they are.

Neither Pagan nor Mahometan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Nigger, nigger, nigger. If I don't achieve anything else while I am President, I intend to wipe that word out of the English language.

We must restore the emotional relationship that people have to the idea of America, that no matter where you come from, no matter where you live, that you have access to the same opportunities that somebody who is born in privilege.

The law courts of England are open to all men, like the doors of the Ritz Hotel.

For over twenty years, Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with those on the margins and those whose burdens are more than they can bear; it stands with the poor and the powerless, with the easily-despised and the readily-left out.

Nobody should consider himself superior to another nor do him harm.

Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.

I believe the time has come for equal rights for everyone in this country, even for white people.

One of the things I most admire about America is they have created a genuine melting pot society, a country of opportunity; you can be of any religion, colour, ethnicity, persuasion and make it to the top of your chosen field. And that's something I admire about America and hope they continue with.

Superior ability is not the exclusive possession of any one race or any one class.

The United States government has always been proud of the welcome it has extended to good men of every nation, seeking freedom and homes and bread.

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

There's nothing wrong with being gay, so to deny it is to make a judgment.