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> [The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to grow together, in America. But color was something else. Reds were murdered like wild animals. Yellows were characterized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/the-melting-pot-failed-to-function-in-one-crucial-area-religions-and/)

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## More by Theodore Hesburgh

> [My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/my-basic-principle-is-that-you-don-t-make-decisions-because-they-are/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [There is no conflict between science and theology, except where there is bad science or bad theology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/there-is-no-conflict-between-science-and-theology-except-where-there/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are cheap; you make them because they're right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/my-basic-principle-is-that-you-don-t-make-decisions-because-they-are-2/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [Bill Walton, UH Volleyball coach, after his player kept looking at him on the bench every time the ball hit the floor...Next time you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/bill-walton-uh-volleyball-coach-after-his-player-kept-looking-at-him/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/it-is-easier-to-exemplify-values-than-teach-them/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [A decade after an average athlete graduates, everyone will have forgotten when and where he played. But every time he speaks, everyone will know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/a-decade-after-an-average-athlete-graduates-everyone-will-have/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [Once He created the Big Bang... He could have envisioned it going in billions of directions as it evolved, including billions of life-forms and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/once-he-created-the-big-bang-he-could-have-envisioned-it-going-in/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/you-can-t-blow-an-uncertain-trumpet/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/anyone-who-refuses-to-speak-out-off-campus-does-not-deserve-to-be/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [Faith is not an easy virtue; but, in the broad world of a person's total voyage through time to eternity, faith is not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/faith-is-not-an-easy-virtue-but-in-the-broad-world-of-a-person-s/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [I'll have another beer. I'm not driving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/i-ll-have-another-beer-i-m-not-driving/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to grow together,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/the-melting-pot-failed-to-function-in-one-crucial-area-religions-and/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/the-very-essence-of-leadership-is-that-you-have-to-have-vision-you/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [Voting is a civic sacrament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/voting-is-a-civic-sacrament/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

> [I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/i-can-think-of-no-better-way-of-redeeming-this-tragic-world-today/)

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