1. melting pot - Noun
2. melting pot - Phrase
a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated
Source: WordNetmelting-pot
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. Jimmy Carter
Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech. Maynard James Keenan
We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences. Jane Elliot
By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country. Lionel Richie
Revolutionary morality does not fall from the sky. It is developed and consolidated through persevering daily struggle and effort. Like jade, the more it is polished the more it shines. Like gold, it grows ever purer as it foes into the melting pot. Ho Chí Minh
I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced. Bob Ney