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Quotes About Inclusion

The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .
~ Bayard Rustin
All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection.
~ James K. Polk
My fight is not for racial sameness but for racial equality and against racial prejudice and discrimination.
~ John Oliver Killens
Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.
~ Barbara Gittings
There's room for everyone at the rendezvous of victory.
~ Aimé Césaire
You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!
~ Leymah Gbowee
No country will reach its full potential if its female citizens do not enjoy full equality.
~ Helen Clark
I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.
~ Dr. Seuss
We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.
~ Anita Hill
We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.
~ John Marshall
I think that whatever nationality you are, you should be treated equally, otherwise you don't have equality.
~ Philip Vera Cruz
Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it.
~ Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
To find equality for mankind, we must first remove the barriers that have divided us for so long.
~ Robert M. Hensel
It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
~ Thomas Paine
Gender equality must become a lived reality.
~ Michelle Bachelet
I tasted the bread and wine of equality.
~ Anzia Yezierska
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.
~ Pierre de Coubertin
Equality cannot be reached if fought in a divisive way.
~ Lady Gaga
Equality of opportunity is the essence of social justice.
~ Unknown
Equality begins with economic empowerment.
~ George H. W. Bush
Today, we talk a lot about equality, but I think what most people mean by it is sameness - that everybody is the same - and they are afraid if they are not the same, they are not equal.
~ Erich Fromm
The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies.
~ Jacques Maritain