'Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.' - Detective Somerset, Se7en

I, just a generic white guy, have lived in mostly white areas, as well as diverse, multicultural areas, and the diverse areas are always more interesting, more fun, and more flavorful.

That's not a quote, but it is a fact.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain

"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation." -Walter Cronkite

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved." - Mark Twain

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough. The vigorous expression of our American community spirit is truly important." - Franklin D Roosevelt

"We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes." - Mister Rodgers

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X

"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource." - John F Kennedy

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Steven Jay Gould