Multiculturalism

From a Michael Barone article on "mulitculturalism". He talks about the transformation of a country when people immigrate but don't assimilate. Here are a couple quotes that I found interesting:

Multiculturalism is based on the lie that all cultures are morally equal.

The nonagenarian W.F. Deedes, a journalist since the 1930s, perhaps summed it up best: "The reputation we have in distant lands, I have learned in my travels, is higher than we give ourselves. They admire us for our social stability, our parliamentary and diplomatic experience, for fair play, for tolerance, for a willingness to help lame dogs over stiles, as well as for some of the qualities Shakespeare sang about in his plays."

Tony Parkinson quoted the French writer Jean Francois Revel's Cold War comment: "A civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself."