Quotes About Equality

I think of those who are so much less fortunate than me all the time. I came out to people clapping and an outpour of support. And the reality is, for a lot of people, they get kicked out of their homes or are faced with violence.

Women have been kicking ass for centuries.

Kids really don't care about what their friends look like.

If people in this country think of Africa as a place with kids and flies swarming around their heads, then they won't understand that these people are you and you are them.

Just because I'm a lot wealthier now doesn't mean I want my kids to grow up differently to how I did.

My best friend in the Marines, her name is Kim, said one day while we were in Iraq that homosexuals in the Forces should be put on the front line because they deserved to die. This was my best friend talking.

A lot of people talk about J. Lo, Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj, but, like, dude butts are still here.

The Congress and its kin parties such as the BJP are up to grab the rights of Dalits.

Not all cops are bad, but this kind of harassment has been going on for years in the ghetto.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

When I do music, I don't feel like it's competition. Then again, it kinda is, but I don't like thinking like that. And I don't understand why they do that to women and, especially, women in hip-hop.

I've got two young sons who, when I ask them and their friends how they feel about gay marriage, kinda give me one of those looks like, 'Gosh, Mom, why are you even asking that question?'

I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It's what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it.

'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' I've used it to demonstrate racial attitudes to people who I thought needed a better understanding of all human beings. Malcolm was not a racist. He was not looking for revenge. He realized that kindness and goodness did not come from any one kind of person.

Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.

We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.

Whether it be a sage or a king, all have been borne by women.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow Martin Luther King Jr. to stand on a balcony without getting shot still maintains its power to awe and inspire.

The first African-American leader was Dr. Martin Luther King.

Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.

I'm a little bit of a makeout king. I don't discriminate too much.

We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King were here, he would challenge us and exhort us.

Our nation has come so far since 1968 when Dr. King was assassinated, but I know we can do better to achieve The Dream, and that is why I keep marching on.