Quotes About Unity

It is important not to confuse "patriotism" with "nationalism.

We live largely separated from one another, and most people seem to be okay with that. It is not good enough to vote for politicians who will do the right thing on racial issues, or even to give money to worthy causes. If we are not actively trying to tear down the "fences to separate the races," as Justice Marshall described it, then we are all part of the problem.

And I saw how thoroughly these families embraced their American identity—they were patriots, just like the people with whom I had grown up. But they also understood that they were from another continent. This is one of the greatest lessons of our nation's improbable makeup: A united citizenry can be quilted together from so many different cultural fabrics.

We should feel proud that we are

This is the embodiment of heroic citizenship, a commitment to each other and to fixing problems. It is seeking solutions and not praise, progress and not personal aggrandizement. It is doing what is right for the sake of right.

The idea that we all had to go without, that we were all asked to sacrifice in even small ways, created a sense of togetherness. It was everyone's war, and everyone was encouraged to participate. The government sponsored drives to collect spare aluminum, rubber, and the like.

The more we are around people with a variety of life experiences, the more we can understand and value the needs and worth of our fellow citizens.

There had actually been a form of a smallpox vaccine since the eighteenth century; what was required was the ability to dream big, to work with others, and to see the destiny of the United States as improving the lives of those beyond our borders. This is the America of which I am exceptionally proud.

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

Here is the church, Here is the steeple, Open it up, And see all the people.

Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.

God is the one thing, the only thing, I know is true.

Seems like in real life, it's not one person saving the other… more like both people making each other better. I mean, that's why God made both genders, right?

People who read are never strangers.

the town. These people were

Their eyes met. And in that brief, wonderful moment of revelation, Maeve knew the truth. Gray had given her back the ability to trust. The little admiral had given her back her family. After seven long years, the Merricks were united at last.

En octubre de 2016, la primera ministra británica Theresa May sorprendió a muchos cuando despotricó contra la idea de ciudadanía global. «Si crees que eres un ciudadano del mundo —dijo— no eres ciudadano de ninguna parte.»

Pocos han tratado la tensión entre nuestras diferentes identidades —local, nacional y global— con tanta profundidad como el filósofo Kwame Anthony Appiah. En esta época de «desafíos planetarios e interconexión entre países —escribió en respuesta a la afirmación de May—, nunca ha sido tan necesario como ahora el sentimiento de un destino humano común».48 Es difícil no estar de acuerdo.

La eurozona fue un experimento sin precedentes. Sus miembros trataron de construir un mercado único y unificado —de bienes, servicios y dinero— mientras la autoridad política seguía residiendo en las unidades nacionales que la formaban. Habría un mercado único, pero muchos sistemas de gobierno.

What is a nation? A body of associates living under one common law and represented by the same legislature.

The people who are with us by either happenstance or design during life-altering events become woven into the fabric of those events.

I believe that there is something connecting us ... Something that was here before we got here and will still be here after we're gone. I've begun to believe that all of our consciousnesses are bound up in that greater consciousness. ... An animating presence .... [pp. 205-206]

Groups of people are like a massive Rock, Paper, Scissors war.

Nothing builds community like complaining.