"We are at a time in our country's history that inclusive language is better than exclusive
language."
Barack Obama, United States Senator
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"I
believe that God is still speaking to us. His message is one of love and inclusiveness. His arms are stretched wide open,
welcoming all."
Kenton Monjon, "Bible Doesn't reflect humanities advancements,"
eTruth
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"If you are going to be a government of the people, for the people, by the people,
that should include everybody."
Leon Smith, Managing Editor, Lone Star Iconoclast,
Crawford, Texas
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"God has already included everybody, and now we ought to do the same."
Rev. Dr. Philip Turner, Interim Dean and President, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest
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"Good governance seeks to empower and include everyone in the nation-building process."
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia
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"It is
those who are inclusive, with the vision to see the unity of humanity, that become the true peacemakers."
Roger Klisch, "Support Religious Diversity," TwinCities.com
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"In my opinion, there is no such thing as a left or a right any more. The way forward must be how best we can be at
embracing concepts inclusive of people."
John Tamihere, "Tamihere to make first
speech since controversy," stuff
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"Our love must be all-inclusive. No one is to
be left out. We are all brothers and sisters in the one family of God."
Archbishop
Petero Mataca
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"When everyone is included, everyone wins."
Rev. Jesse Jackson
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"In an inclusive society, poverty should be no-one's destiny.
Poverty hurts. Inequality offends."
President Vincente Fox, Mexico
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"Everyone is included in God's infinite embrace-not only Christians, but Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, atheists,
communists, libertarians and liberals, college professors and truck drivers. God loves everyone of us. This love is the ground
of our being. It provides us a commonality."
A Prayer for Ethiopia, Christian Science
Monitor, Home Forum Series
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"Our challenge today is one of inclusion--the inclusion of
all democratic citizens in the solace of safe communities, in the fruits of economic growth, and in the promise of social
mobility."
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, USA
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"Minority inclusion is a public good not a private benefit."
Robert J. Birgeneau,
Chancellor, UC Berkeley
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"A coalition is the highest level of inclusion and the politics
of coexistence."
President Roh Moo-hyun, South Korea
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"Truly a democratic government is a government of the people, inclusive of everyone; by the people, participative of
everyone; and for the people, beneficial of everyone."
Simson Mwale, Human Rights Consultant
of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection
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"Research shows that companies that invest in diversity and inclusion
benefit in terms of innovation and motivation of staff as well as enhanced reputation as an employer of choice."
Shalini Mahtani, Founder and CEO of Community Business, Hong Kong
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"What
takes real skill, intelligence, and determination and results in a better place for everyone to live in is the ability to
lead by inclusion, to involve everyone, and to harness the benefits of diversity."
Sue
Moroney, Member of Parliament, New Zealand
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"Any form of globalization which increases
exclusion has no title to call itself global. Global means inclusion."
Archbishop Diarmuid
Martin
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"Inclusion means the inclusion of all, not the inclusion of all who are like
me."
John Fisher, Trinity College
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"What works for me
is I include everybody. Just like any good leader, you have to keep everybody involved and make them feel like they're a part
of it."
Brian Cashman, New York Yankees
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"For
reconciliation to be more than just a trendy catchphrase, practical peace-building must be inclusive of women and men from
all walks of life."
Dr. Elisabeth Porter, University of Ulster
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"Wanting to be inclusive of all religious beliefs is not 'politically correct.' It is 'humanly correct.'"
Unknown, Opinion Line, The Wichita Eagle
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"I wish and
long for the day when everyone is included not just by the few, but by all."
Frank
Tetto, My Community Care Team
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"When everybody is included, peace will be universal and
perpetual because nobody will have a claim that peace, as it stands, is unjust to him or to his party."
Harvey Mansfield, Harvard University
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"Inclusion is not just the dominant culture
including the minority culture. Inclusion has got to be from all angles."
Rev. Michael
Battle, "Church, pastor prepare goodbyes," The News & Observer, North Carolina
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"We have, I feel, reached the point in our American civilization where we must ask what bridges we must build. How
can we span the differences between us? How do we find an inclusive rather than exclusive approach to life?
Rabbi Harry Z. Sky, Celebrate the oneness of all, heal our division, Portland Press Herald
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"Who would Jesus include?"
Leslie Sheridan, Have Yourself a "Moral"
Little Christmas! Dissident Voice
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"A disability can single you out and make you feel
excluded. Inclusion is what we really need."
Chris Lynch
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"Let's remember that our moral values demand that everyone is included and no one, no one gets left behind---not people
of color, not trans people, not bi people, not Native people, not leather people---not anyone."
Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
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"Disability
is a natural part of human diversity, and the problems that people with disabilities face in fully enjoying their human rights
stem from the failure of society to be inclusive of people with disabilities.
Societal barriers--physical, informational,
attitudinal, and others--are the things that need to be 'treated,' not people with disabilities."
Venus IIagan, Chairperson of Disabled Peoples' International
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