Quotes About Equality

Enterprises of different ownerships should all enjoy fair opportunities and conditions to compete in the market.

No living being should have to endure conditions that you wouldn't put on your worst enemy.

We must protect those with pre-existing conditions and ensure that every American family has access to quality, affordable health care.

I do not condone violence on any level.

I can't be in an environment that is not conducive to me as a black woman.

For some reason, the executive world is not conducive to women as much as to men. There are reasons for that. Women multitask; men by-and-large are much better at doing one thing at a time.

It doesn't matter how I conduct myself or what I wear or how I speak or where I sit or what I do. That does not allow anybody to harass me.

Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens.

For all the banging from the Left that, you know, 'They don't care about people with pre-existing conditions' - There was never a day where our conference was willing to leave people out in the cold.

If you're a woman and you're working, you're already set up for conflict.

A lot of women need to know that they don't have to conform, they don't have to take no for an answer.

This is the 21st century, and we would all like to think racism is dead in America. Actually, that's not the case: still there are some racial issues that are out across this nation, and so we have a responsibility as compassionate citizens of America, no matter what our ethnic group happens to be, to confront these issues when they arise.

I think race in America is a huge one. That's something that needs to be confronted, certainly.

What we know to be true is that comfort isn't always freedom. People confuse the two.

I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman.

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well.

No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

Connecticut has been a leading state in ensuring that our laws protect women, and that includes the right to equal pay for equal work.

I believe in that connection between freedom and the city.

I am quite proud that I managed to prove that you don't have to be able to afford drama school or have the right connections to do well.

In this industry there's this ridiculous connotation with women shows that's it's got to be difficult, and it's not true.

In my own writing, I avoid 'female' and try to say 'woman' because I feel that the word 'female' has connotations of not just biology but also non-human mammals. The idea of 'female' to me is more appropriate for a female animal.

The Black church has been the conscience of America.