Melting Pot Quotes

65 quotes by 61 authors

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. — Jimmy Carter
Americanization means the process of becoming an American. It means civic incorporation, becoming a part of the polity - becoming one of us. But that… — Barbara Jordan
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… — Theodore Hesburgh
I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted. — Jesse Jackson
Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn't get in the pot… — Thurgood Marshall
Since the 1960s, we have seen the failure of the melting pot ideology. This ideology suggested that different historical, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds could be… — Edward Said
The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into… — Thurgood Marshall
Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures. — Bob Cousy
I'm always looking for those places where you can slam really disparate people up against one another, and they have to deal with each other.… — Jenji Kohan
The British are so funny. It's like they can't believe I lived in Hackney. 'You could live in Bondi Beach. Why would you want to… — Rose Byrne
I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America… — Bob Ney
If America is a melting pot, then to me India is a thali--a selection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each tastes different, and does… — Shashi Tharoor
Hawai'i has often been called a melting pot, but I think of it more as a 'mixed plate'---a scoop of rice with gravy, a scoop… — Alan Brennert
Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from… — Hubert H. Humphrey
The United Nations is an organizational body where people, through their Governments, come together; and it can be the only place where there can be… — Asma Jahangir
Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all. — Esperanza Spalding
Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to… — Eric Holder
My family is just an amazing melting pot of wonderful religions and faiths. — Rima Fakih
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… — Rima Fakih
America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity… — Ronald Reagan

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