Quotes about Equality

Our safety net must reflect our country's belief that - without exception - Americans are not liabilities to be written off but assets to be realized.

As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.

America has an obligation to secure its borders, but it is wrong to pass laws that treat human beings as something less than human. If my father were alive, he would be in the forefront of the struggle for a fair and humane reform of our immigration laws.

Our country's history is a generation-spanning journey to effectuate the notion that 'all men are created equal' for the members of our ever-expanding national family: women, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, gays and lesbians, the disabled, immigrants, and refugees.

The world cannot evolve if girls refuse to become women.

Most blacks have lost the moral authority to claim the mantle of civil rights because they refuse to stand for what is right.

At Manchester City, the women are not second-class citizens in any regard. We are treated exactly the same way - it's a level playing field.

I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person.

Racial distinctions should not be rejected; they should be embraced.

I don't think any relation can work if one dominates. It has to be an equal relation for it to be successful and happy.