Every once in a while it is good to be reminded of the power of a US president’s words. And one thing is for certain – that power does not reside in the teleprompter or in the recycling of a previous president’s sentiments.
A few quotes from President Clinton’s keynote address at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Washington upon receiving their global leadership award.
Global cooperation is crucial for the survival of mankind.
If we have a chance, it has to begin by people accepting that they can be proud of who they are without despising who someone else is.
To foster this cooperation, people should focus on their similarities because we are genetically “99.5 percent” the same.
From time immemorial, people have fought over identity rooted in that (half percent). We should have spent more time thinking about that other 99.5 percent of ourselves.
You teach your children their ethnic heritage; their religious heritage; their cultural heritage with no negative reference to anyone else because it’s the only shot we’ve got to make the most of our interdependent world.
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