Quotes About Equality

Sexism is real in this country.

Whether or not I considered myself a country singer, when I sang a country song, I was as good as anybody.

I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.

My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.

I think citizenship should count for something... and it really counts for nothing.

We should ensure that a kid from Nash County can get the same great education as a kid from Wake County.

When parents ask why there are still so few girls in advanced science and math classes in high school, I tell them, because girls still need way more encouragement than boys to take those courses.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.

No matter how superficially fair the judge is, he is still the complete autocrat in the courtroom, and he still comes from the ruling class.

Would I like to see more women in the courts? Yep.

We can all play on the court and share the courts with the girls.

Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.

There's nothing wrong with being gay or lesbian. If my cousin was gay I'd support him. If my sister was a lesbian I'd support her.

Children will go with any story as long as it's good, but white adults sometimes think that if a black child's on the cover, it is perhaps not for them.

I think that the fact that we had a trans woman on the cover of 'Vanity Fair'... is only good for the trans community. I can't imagine that the more we talk about this that it's not just doing everybody a lot of good.

As attorney general, I'm helping lead a national effort to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions.

I mean, casting gender non-conforming people in campaigns and editorials and on covers of magazines is a risk for any business because there's going to be controversy, but I think they need to take the risk and believe they're moving in the right direction.

People say: 'Oh, Covid only affects people with pre-existing health conditions,' like that's alright.

At the end of the day, I am the cash cow in women's boxing.

White people scare the crap out of me.

I get my strength from wanting to teach other women that everything about you is OK, and you shouldn't take any crap from anyone.

Russia will have a woman in space before the United States calls for a crash program for women astronauts.

I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.