Welcome to our collection of Integration Quotes, where we explore the beauty and significance of integrating various aspects of life, society, and thought. Integration, in its essence, embodies the harmonious blending of different elements to create a unified whole. Whether it’s integrating diverse cultures, ideas, or perspectives, the process fosters understanding, cooperation, and progress.
Throughout history, integration has been a catalyst for change and growth, breaking down barriers and fostering inclusivity. From the civil rights movement to technological advancements, integration has played a pivotal role in shaping our world and driving innovation. It celebrates the richness of diversity while highlighting the interconnectedness of all things.
Below, you’ll find a collection of insightful quotes on integration from various thinkers, leaders, and visionaries. These quotes can be used to inspire, reflect, or simply appreciate the power of integration in our lives. So feel free to copy them, pair them with images, or enhance them with stylish fonts as you explore the profound wisdom they hold. Let these quotes be a source of inspiration as you embark on your journey of understanding and embracing integration in all its forms.
In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February. Natasha Trethewey
The true Negro does not want integration… He realizes his potential is far better among his own race. Jerry Falwell
When I was growing up, the Spanish-speaking world was Balkanized. We were isolated. We didn’t know what was happening in cultural terms in Ecuador, Colombia and Chile. Nowadays, this has changed a lot – fortunately for writers and readers. There is much more integration. Mario Vargas Llosa
The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration. Mo Ibrahim
I am not against Muslim schools. But as I believe in integration, I think we would be better off overall if we did not have denominational schools at all. Frank Dobson
Multiculturalism for any western country is a massive issue. The lack of integration, the increase of crime, violence, and mistrust in society, the segregation created due to mass immigration, these are only the beginning phases of something I fear will almost certainly get more worse and violent. Lauren Southern
So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers. Bernice Johnson Reagon
Integration is a man’s ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him. Stokely Carmichael
The establishment of free trade agreements can be a critical and progressive step towards greater economic integration, and continues to become more valuable in an increasingly global world. Dan Kildee
One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community. Ed Smith
Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism. Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Having a stadium in France named after a footballer from the Ivory Coast, even if I’m proud of my France-Ivory Coast background, is a great proof of integration. Didier Drogba
It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an attempt – in my opinion an attempt doomed to failure – to find an alternative to a policy of racial integration which is fair to both white and black. Harry Oppenheimer
Slovenia wishes that Montenegro will continue successfully its way towards European integration and will reach peaceful co-habitation with other former Yugoslav peoples within a united Europe. Janez Drnovsek
I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language. But, yes, it is a challenge. And democracy and democratic debate has to be open to take that debate openly and not push questions aside. Jonas Gahr Store
Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known. Nigel Farage
We who follow the Honorable Elijah Muhammad feel that when you try and pass integration laws here in America, forcing white people to pretend that they are accepting black people, what you are doing is making white people act in a hypocritical way. Malcolm X
I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language. Jonas Gahr Store
For individuals to become fully active in the Church, they generally must experience a spiritual conversion and a social integration. Joseph B. Wirthlin
China’s reform and opening-up programme and Europe’s integration process have both contributed significantly to global peace, development, and prosperity. China firmly supports the integration of Europe and regards the E.U. as a strategic partner that deserves our confidence. Li Keqiang
Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts. Anna Quindlen
My daddy thought – no, he expected – that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He was correct in his belief because he had lived in an America of continual social progress, depression followed by prosperity, segregation by integration, and so on. Wynton Marsalis
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity. Richard Rogers
I grew up in the once segregated South. I experienced forced integration during my formative school years. I lived the sacrifices, burdens, and tears. I also lived the moments of understanding, of acknowledgment, of fellowship and success. I saw my parents and grandparents coming home beaten down – and some of my friends beaten up. Donna Brazile
Folks like me have to feel a little indebted to the communities that they came from. And if they do, I think we’ll start to see a little bit more of a geographic integration in the country because people will start to think, ‘You know what? I owe that place something, and I should return to it in one form or another.’ J. D. Vance
An overwhelming number of economists, international civil servants, and policy-makers argue that a fragmentation of the Eurozone would cause a new depression and massive wealth destruction around the world. It would also end the period of economic integration that has characterized world politics since the end of the Cold War. Klaus Schwab
I sense that the sea of smart phones lit up at concerts is a temporary phenomenon. The integration of technology, sharing, and social into our physical world, on the other hand, well, that ain’t going away. John Battelle
We have to forget the past. History is something that even today we are paying the consequences, and the future is integration. We all as a people, as citizens, as the leadership of both countries should be looking in that direction. Atifete Jahjaga
It wasn’t until the Apple Macintosh that people understood what true hardware-software integration was about. It took one company to line it up: low-cost hardware, cool graphics, third-party products built on top of it, in an all-in-one attractive package that was accessible to consumer marketing. Tony Fadell
Legally we have integration, social acceptance and diversity… but that doesn’t mean… everybody is down with it. Michael Ball
America preaches integration and practices segregation. Malcolm X
The term ‘globalisation’ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests. Noam Chomsky
All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities… toward full European integration. Igor Luksic
Do you know what integration really means? It means intermarriage. That’s the real point behind it. You can’t have it without intermarriage. And that would result in disintegration of both races. Malcolm X
In 1983, my second year of law school, I became the only white player in the Ogden Park Basketball League at 65th and Racine. My teammates joked that I integrated the league, which I guess is true. They weren’t so much focused on integration as on winning, and they knew you can’t teach height. ‘He can’t jump, but he sure is tall.’ James Comey
The wonderful thing about 48 fps is the integration of live action and CG elements; that is something I learned from ‘The Hobbit.’ We are so used to 24 fps and the romance of celluloid… but at 48 fps, you cannot deny the existence of these CG creations in the same time frame and space and environment as the live action. Andy Serkis
Because glass is at once structural and transparent, it is relatively easy to consider the integration of structural and environmental building performance within a single integrated skin. Neri Oxman
Have you ever heard of Irish, Poles, Germans, Italians and Jews being integrated? They go anywhere and just enjoy their rights. Why call it integration when black folks do the same thing? It’s a con job. James Meredith
The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, consists in the differentiation of the parts of speech and the integration of the sentence. John Wesley Powell
The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc. We must not be weighed down by an insistence on a one size fits all approach which implies that all countries want the same level of integration. The fact is that they don’t and we shouldn’t assert that they do. David Cameron
The secret to the city is integration. Every area of the city should combine work, leisure and culture. Separate these functions and parts of the city die. Jaime Lerner
The natural evolution of a well-educated populus is integration. And this is not political; it’s not theoretical; it’s not even partisan. Stacey Dash
The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things, forces sweeping the planet, themes and archetypes, but I’m not smart enough to have lucid integration of all that in my head as I’m writing. Bob Shacochis
For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence. Noam Chomsky
The integration of a headgear in professional boxing would do so much to make it safer for young men. They could go into the sport, make a lot of money and then come out and be good grandfathers. George Foreman
Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe. Angela Merkel
The ultimate lesson is that there is no immunity, no matter our age or the size of our retirement account, from going through constant cycles of integration and disintegration in which we are humbled and hopefully set to rights with the world again. David Whyte
The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society. Dana Priest
All our reporters and editors now work seamlessly in print and online. This integration has transformed the way we work. I believe this is vital to the success and growth of newspapers. Lionel Barber
One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important. Robert Zoellick
Integrating in the society is a fundamental scriptural Christian trait. This integration is a must – moderate constructive integration. All of us, as Egyptians, have to participate. Pope Theodoros II
We Muslims in the West, like Jews before us, grapple with the same issues that Jews of the past did: integration or isolation, tradition or reform, intermarriage or intra-marriage. Hamza Yusuf
There’s so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz. Wynton Marsalis
Globalization has produced a new of level of interdependence among us. The economy and multinational supply chains do not abide by political boundaries. A computer ordered in Brazil is designed in California and assembled in several other countries. Economic integration was the first strong evidence of a new era. Eduardo Paes
Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO. Bidzina Ivanishvili
Where we have the choice between putting a dollar against those that are going to advance horizontal integration and those that are going to sustain current capability, we’d rather put them against the horizontal integration activity. Stephen Cambone
Every tech product on the body like Jawbone or in the home like August is different. But there are definitely principles that apply across the board for me, such as integration in everyday life and discretion. Yves Behar
What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less. Nick Clegg
Germany has always stood for an E.U. of the 27 countries. But in light of Britain’s continued resistance to further integration steps, as we saw with the fiscal pact, there are limits to my optimism in this regard. It’s quite possible that we will have to create the new institutions for the euro zone first. Wolfgang Schauble
Who owns the NY Post? 20th Century Fox. Talk about vertical integration. Joe Pantoliano
Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love. Louis Kahn
The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want. Jim Brown
In a typically contradictory move, globalisation, while promoting economic integration among elites, has exacerbated sectarianism everywhere else. Pankaj Mishra
GIS is waking up the world to the power of geography, this science of integration, and has the framework for creating a better future. Jack Dangermond
Too bad integration didn’t come sooner, because there were so many ballplayers that could have made the major leagues. That’s why, you look back, and – not to take away anything from Babe Ruth or some of those other guys – they didn’t play against the greatest ballplayers in the world. Hank Aaron
Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule. Georg Simmel
I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We’ve always said German unity, European unity and integration, that’s two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness. Angela Merkel
I am not against migration. It is simply pragmatic to restrict migration, while at the same time encouraging integration and fighting discrimination. I support the idea of the free movement of goods, people, money and jobs in Europe. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
While the Marshall Plan was important for Europe’s recovery, Europe’s prosperity was really built on economic integration and policy coherence. Mo Ibrahim
Integration will not bring a man back from the grave. Malcolm X
Integration is a give and take. Sebastian Kurz
Yet, Puerto Rico’s economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest – even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century. Dick Thornburgh
The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is – a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter. Herbert Spencer
The Internet is ultimately about innovation and integration, but you don’t get the innovation unless you integrate Web technology into the processes by which you run your business. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro. Anibal Cavaco Silva
I am a great enthusiast and early adopter of technology, but sometimes I wonder whether the inexorable integration of technology in our lives could diminish some of our quintessential human capacities, such as compassion and cooperation. Klaus Schwab
In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it’s about looking into the future. It’s about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business. Safra A. Catz
In Sheffield, we need support from the community and for the community. We need integration with no loss of heritage, and a clear appreciation of what is and is not acceptable. David Blunkett
Most of the Catholics Christians I’ve met would for all practical purposes believe Jesus is God only, and we are human only. We missed the big point. The point is the integration, both in Jesus and ourselves. Richard Rohr
Those who reject integration programs in the long term have as little right to stay in Germany as a hate preacher paid from abroad in a mosque. Sigmar Gabriel
Mexico has acquired unique experience during its integration into global value chains, especially in the automotive industry. Enrique Pena Nieto
We who follow the teachings of Elijah Muhammad don’t want to be forced to integrate. Integration is wrong. We don’t want to live with the white man; that’s all. Muhammad Ali
Vietnam was the first time that Americans of different races had to depend on each other. In the Second World War, they were segregated; it was in Vietnam that American integration happened in the military – and it wasn’t easy. Karl Marlantes
I like major theology. I like Karl Barth, and I like John Calvin, and I like Martin Luther. The scale of thinking and the power of integration that they’re capable of from thinking in that scale is something that’s really unique to theology. Marilynne Robinson
I have never been what you would call just an integrationist. I know I’ve been called that… Integrating that bus wouldn’t mean more equality. Even when there was segregation, there was plenty of integration in the South, but it was for the benefit and convenience of the white person, not us. Rosa Parks
I appreciate cooperation with Turkey on many issues. We are grateful for the support we receive for E.U. and NATO integration for Montenegro. Igor Luksic
We’re moving to this integration of biomedicine, information technology, wireless and mobile now – an era of digital medicine. Even my stethoscope is now digital. And of course, there’s an app for that. Daniel Kraft
The body and dendrites of a nerve cell are specialized for the reception and integration of information which is conveyed as impulses that are fired from other nerve cells along their axons. John Eccles
I’m not for integration and I’m not against it. Richard Pryor
We’ve got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization. Peter Mandelson
We should reconsider greater integration of North America to achieve a region that is more competitive and capable of creating more jobs. Enrique Pena Nieto
If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration. Mario Monti
It is fair to say that Africa has become a major force in moving the world towards multi-polarity, an important emerging market that helps promote global economic recovery and integration, and an outstanding representative of diverse civilizations in the world. Li Keqiang
We Americans entered a new phase in our history – the era of integration – in 1954. Constance Baker Motley
One has to explain to people that the EU in this form is the answer both to 1945 and to the 21st century, in a dramatically altered world with new heavyweights, and that Germany benefits from the continued integration of Europe in political, economic and societal ways. And, of course, that means the Germans will have to pay. Peer Steinbruck
It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration – toward the integration of Europe. Warren Christopher
The stakeholder approach to business sees integration rather than separation, and sees how things fit together. John Mackey
Wellness is the compete integration of body, mind, and spirit – the realization that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of well-being. Greg Anderson
Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they’ve grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think most people would argue that probably more needs to be done on that front, and they’ve just begun to take the first steps to accepting that there’s going to have to be much closer economic integration in Europe. Vince Cable
The integration of exponentially growing technologies is beginning to empower the patient, enable the doctor, enhance wellness and begin to cure the well before they get sick. Daniel Kraft
