Quotes About Equality

You remember what you go through as a kid, what's going to make you listen, what's going to make you respond. I held onto that. People who treated me like that when I was younger got every bit of respect and attention I could give them, because I knew that they were coming at me from almost an equal level.

I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversive for expressing his suffering.

I worked my way through the education system and was treated as though I had value.

Over 17 years, I took on banks, landlords, real estate firms, local governments, anybody who treated anybody unfairly.

I believed that, in a situation where the community that I came from were being treated like second- and third-class citizens, that I had a responsibility to fight back against it. And I don't apologise to anybody for having done that. I think it was the right thing to do.

The irony is that kids are treated equally when it comes to tests and standards and expectations but not treated equally when providing funds to meet those standards and expectations.

I'm an old, white-haired guy. If I'm not recognized, I'm treated pretty much like every other elderly. But if people recognize me, it's a whole different thing.

We should be all be treated equally under the law. Why should members of Congress be in Obamacare and not the president?

One of the interesting things about being a female police officer in the '60s is they really didn't have opportunities to do any serious police work - they filed, and they made coffee, and they were treated like secretaries.

Always treat people the way you would like to be treated. My mum told me that, and it often comes into my mind.

For the most part, I think of PC as meaning Plain Civil. You treat people the way you'd like to be treated yourself, and that means not using language that is demeaning.

I've come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.

When I am president, I will work to ensure that all of our kids are treated equally and protected equally. Every action I take, I will ask myself, 'Does this make life better for young Americans in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Ferguson, who have as much of a right to live out their dreams as any other child America?'

I think people need to be treated with respect, and that's what we've demanded from everyone.

The Justice Department is staunchly committed to ensuring that all Americans are treated in a fair and just manner.

To me, race is not all about grievance. It is also about pride and empathy and humanity and understanding the value of difference. But along with that, there are also expectations that we should set for ourselves and for others. We should expect to be treated as equal citizens.

When I was a dancer, I would see that dancers were treated like garbage. I mean like, like extras.

As a public figure, you deserve to be treated fairly.

It was my idea for high culture and popular culture to be treated equally.

I cannot imagine what it must feel like to be treated differently because of the color of my skin.

At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and Americans must know that we will vigorously pursue criminal activity regardless of whether the crime is committed on a street corner or in a corner office.

I do have, like, a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same.

I just don't see why people are treated differently or with a different set of rules. It's just wrong.

The women putting their lives at risk for our country deserve better than to be treated as second-class citizens.