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Ethnic Groups Quotes

Words on heritage, harmony, and where communities meet.

These quotes range from pride in a shared, oldest-in-the-country heritage to the hard truth that some of the worst conflict happens between neighboring groups rather than on any battlefield. A few speak to what it takes to build a genuinely beautiful home where many identities coexist.

During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.

Quotes by Xi Jinping

African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.

Quotes by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together...

Quotes by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Some of the worst violence in the world today between estranged religious and ethnic groups happens not on the battlefields. It happens smack in the middle of living rooms and between people who share a lot, who have a lot...

Quotes by Miroslav Volf

America Quotes

The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical appearance - are the Uighurs and Tibetans. In these two groups, the Han Chinese come face to face...

Quotes by Martin Jacques

Immigrants are not the real problem. The real problem is much more serious: intolerance and hatred of indigenous ethnic groups. You can prohibit immigration, but what can you do about non-Russian ethnic groups living in their native territories in Russia?

Quotes by Margarita Simonyan

Southerners are also like ethnic groups in that they have a sense of group identity.

Quotes by John Shelton Reed

Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and...

Quotes by John Shelton Reed

Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them. Values are influenced by so many factors such as geography, climate, religion, the economy and technology.

Quotes by F. Sionil Jose

Beautiful Quotes

If America is an idea, which it is - we're not a nation of ethnic groups that say we're Americans because we have American blood; we have the blood of every nation in our veins - and there's something really...

Quotes by Eric Metaxas

For me, God's country is sirens and subways and all kinds of ethnic groups trying to cross the street all at once.

Quotes by Dion DiMucci

Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.

Dalai Lama

On September 11, the murders of World Trade Center employees and visitors took the lives of numerous nationalities, ethnic groups and religious followers.

Quotes by Cliff Stearns

Frequently Asked Questions

What are ethnic groups quotes about?
This collection covers how people describe shared heritage and identity within a community, alongside the friction that can surface when different groups live side by side. The tone ranges from pride in belonging to a long-standing group to sober warnings about conflict between neighbors.
Why do people search for ethnic groups quotes?
Readers often look for language around heritage, belonging, and community tension for speeches, classroom discussions, or social posts marking cultural pride. These quotes give real, specific phrasing rather than vague statements about diversity.
Do these quotes only focus on conflict?
No. One quote celebrates how diligence and shared history let many ethnic groups build a beautiful home together, showing the collection includes unity as much as it includes tension.
Is there a quote about ethnic groups in America specifically?
Yes, one line speaks directly to African Americans as among the oldest ethnic groups in the country, tracing a presence that predates the nation's official founding.
Are any of these quotes about conflict between religions rather than ethnicities?
One quote overlaps both, noting that some of today's worst violence happens between religious groups and ethnic communities that have grown apart, often in living rooms rather than on battlefields — a reminder that these categories frequently intersect.

Read alongside quotes about country for more on how people describe the places and peoples they belong to.