Citations célèbres sur la Diversité
“Cultural differences should not separate us from each
other, but rather cultural diversity brings a collective
strength that can benefit all of humanity.”
“Intercultural
dialogue is the best guarantee of a more
peaceful, just and sustainable world'
Robert Alan
(American writer, artist and social activist;1922)
“We may have different religions, different languages,
different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race."
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Kofi Annan
(Ghanian Diplomat, 7th UN Secretary General,
2001 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
"Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore
never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a
most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.”
John Hume
(Irish Politician, 1998 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1999 Defender of Democracy)
"Peace cannot exist without justice, justice
cannot exist without fairness, fairness
cannot exist without development,
development cannot exist without
democracy, democracy cannot exist without
respect for the identity and worth of cultures
and peoples."
Rigoberta Menchú Tum
(Guatemalan Indigenous Rights Activist, 1990 UNESCO,Prize for Peace,Education, 1992 Nobel PeacePrize Winner 1952Rigoberta Menchú Tum;Guatemalan Indigenous Rights Activist
"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat,
worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends."
Maya Angelou(AfricanAmerican Poet, Civil Rights Leader, National Women's Hall of Fame
“What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of
differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is
plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences
and peculiarities, by eliminating different civilizations and
cultures, progress weakens life
and favors death.
Octavio Paz(Mexican poet, writer and diplomat; 1914
-1998)
No man is an island of himself;every man is a piece of the continent,part of the main,
I am involved with Mankind....
You are tied up with the least of these .... we are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny...
John Donne
«Nous avons été éduqués à un moment donné de notre histoire à voir l’autre comme
différent et inférieur.»
Patrick Estrade, psychothérapeute et écrivain
«L’un des grands problèmes de l’être humain, c’est ‘’qu’est-ce que je vaux dans le
regard de l’autre?’’. [...]Le racisme, c’est penser que l’autre est dangereux. Si je
peux approcher l’autre, je vais m’apercevoir qu’il n’est pas dangereux.
»
Pascal Blanchard, historien
«L’éducation permet aux enfants de comprendre dans quel monde ils sont. [...]
Le colonialisme et le racisme
sont des héritages du passé dont nos sociétés portent
encore aujourd’hui les stigmates.»
Pascal Boniface, géopoliticien
«De plus en plus, les gens bougent, les flux migratoires multiformes se développent,
nous vivons dans un village global et nous avons intérêt à accepter l’autre.»