"The way to be successful is find a way to be inclusive of everybody that lives in a targeted area. It's
the difference between an attitude that looks at diversity and assumes you can be successful despite it, versus an attitude
that looks at diversity and assumes you can be successful as a result of it."
"Magic"
Johnson, Johnson Development Corporation
***
"Democracy obtains its definition and power
from the people and means valid inclusion of many voices. This constitutes a dialogue of many voices and not simply a monologue."
Johnny
Lake, Chair of the Commission on Black Affairs, Oregon
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"I believe my God is large enough
to be inclusive of all human beings who were created in God's image, and that includes those religions that are not Christians."
Bishop
Melvin Talbert, Ecumemical Officer of the United Methodist Church
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"If you focus on differences,
you can get down to a segment of one because one each of us is unique. To me it's more about including everybody, as opposed
to the term diversity. We think of it more as inclusive of every type of person, whether its making sure you have products
and services that meet all types of customers' needs or that everyone who works at People's Bank has a chance to be successful."
Patricia
Manion, Senior Vice President, People's Bank
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"A city's ability to foster a sense of
inclusiveness is the common thread that keeps the whole social fabric of its community together."
LaRita
Barber, Senior Associate Director of the Urban Institute
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"Allah is inclusive. Human
beings are exclusive. In order for the Qur'an,
Allah's message and guide, to be available to all of humankind for all
time, it has to have an inclusive aspect because all humankind has not come yet."
Iman Abdullah,
Washington, D.C.
***
"Peace is about inclusion, not exclusion."
Palestinian
Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, "Shaath Slams Israeli Incitement," Aljazeerah
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"A
more inclusive society captures talent and ideas that reside at the margins. Simply having an attitude of inclusiveness and
open-mindedness seems conductive to creativity."
Richard Florida, Heinz Professor of Regional
Economic Development at Carnegie Mellon University
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"Dialogue must aim at excluding exclusivism
and it must promote inclusiveness. And yet inclusiveness should avoid the mistake of imposing uniformity in the world."
Union
HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi, "Talk differences out, PM tells home, world," The Indian Express
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"Social inclusion is one of the key determinants of health. If people don't feel they belong, they are
not as healthy as those who do."
Janet Gasparini, Social Planning Council of Sudbury, "Survey
asked kids if they belong," The Sudbury Star
