Therefore, I could never believe in discrimination between human beings and races.

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The reason for scepticism about the third category is that, for most of their evolutionary history, human beings would never have been exposed to individuals of other races.

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Sixth, let us show by our willingness to bring Turkey, a proud Muslim nation into the EU on the same and equal terms as all others, that Europe is committed not just in word but in deed to a Europe of diverse races, cultures and religions all bound together by common rules and a sense of human solidarity and mutual respect.

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