“Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.” KnowsFirstsSeemsWould BeAmericaNationsPerfectLeaderClassImagineStudentsCollegeCitizensCreatingNotionAbsurdSupposed To BeSatDiverseCompositionFilling Author:Eric Liu
“In a country as large and diverse as America, compromise is how we get things done. It isn't always pretty, but we have to find solutions to our problems that, at the end of the day, most people can live with.” PeopleEndsCountryDoneProblemAmericaSolutionsCompromiseThe End Of The DayDiverseThings Done Author:Mark Udall
“South America had been an island continent, far bigger and far more diverse than Australia, for tens of millions of years before the Isthmus of Panama rose just a couple of million years ago. The resulting flood of North American mammals across the new land bridge corresponds in time with the decimation of the native South American fauna. In fact, most large mammals generally considered distinctly South American... are all recent migrants from North America.” YearsFactsAmericaMillionsLandCoupleYears AgoBiggerRoseSouthBridgesIslandsNativeAustraliaDiverseContinentsFloodNorth AmericaMigrantsMammalsSouth AmericaPanama Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“I give speeches at megachurches across America, and the one thing that's really striking about it is how utterly, completely diverse they are, and completely unself-consciously. At these huge megachurches the idea that the more Christian you are, the less tolerant you would be is preposterous.” GivingIdeasWould BeChristianAmericaOne ThingHugeSpeechDiverse Author:Ann Coulter