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We are a multicultural country - always have been, and to our credit, always will be. It is something that we should be very proud of and embrace.

Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.

The concept of multiculturalism is difficult to make fit with a democratic society.

Multiculturalism may well be our saviour, wresting us out from the straitjacket of our history, thrusting the old continent into an environment where other ethnicities, less cynical and more positive, will play a big role in its future.

When you've got a society that is diverse, what happens is for a time, the issue is integrating your minorities into that society.

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.

A multicultural society does not reject the culture of the other but is prepared to listen, to see, to dialogue and, in the final analysis, to possibly accept the other's culture without compromising its own.

Long before the idea of multiculturalism, in public people could say almost anything to you and get away with it.

In Australia, we cling on to whatever culture we have. We're such a multicultural country.