Democracy is diversity.
Diversity of choices of opinions and not diversity of prejudices. What the Serbs didn't understand was that the basic democratic principle is that all have equal moral importance in decision making. Self governance is the basis for political equality, not ethnic identity. The speakers emphasized the acceptance of the principle of diversity as a necessary condition for democracy to thrive. As ethnic identities are increasingly asserted, the challenge for democracy will be how to build upon cultural, linguistic, religious or racial diversity so that any singular identity does not preclude one from being accepted as a citizen of a democracy.