Lamar Alexander actually said...
In my, as we call it in the Senate, so-called maiden address, I spoke on this subject, and I said I thought we had spent over the last 30 or 40 years too much time, relatively, on diversity, multiculturalism, and bilingualism and too little time on a common culture, on a common language, and on unity.
Context
Discussing the focus on diversity versus common culture in education.
04/10/2003