“What life have you if you have not life together? There is no life that is not in community.”
T.S. Eliot
(1888-1965); Poet, Critic
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“Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”
Josephine Baker
(1906-1975); Performer
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“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.”
Maya Angelou
(born 1928); Poet, Dancer, Producer, Playwright, Director, Author
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“In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882); Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist
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“If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.”
Sir Frances Bacon
(1561-1626); Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”
Jalal ad-Din  Rumi
(1207-1273); Persian Poet, Mystic
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“In republics, the great danger is that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.”
James Madison
(1751-1836); 4th U.S. President
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“Mere human beings can't afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even about justice or loyalty...If we are to survive on this planet, there must be compromises.”
Storm  [Margaret Storm Jameson]
(1891-1986); Novelist, Critic
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“Our Similarities bring us to a common ground; Our Differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.”
Tom Robbins
(born 1936); Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist
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“It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.”
Pierre Bayle
(1647-1706); Philosopher
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“...the day will come when man will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside but in the councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union, between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.”
Susan Brownell Anthony
(1820-1906); Women's Rights Activist, Writer
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“What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.”
Hillary Clinton
(born 1947); Politician
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“When one sits in the Hoop Of The People, one must be responsible because all of Creation is related. And the hurt of one is the hurt of all. And the honor of one is the honor of all. And whatever we do affects everything in the universe. ”
Black Elk [Hehaka Sapa]
(1863-1950); Lakota Chief
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