Quotes About Equality

It is unevolved to want to celebrate the architects and defenders of slavery.

Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican Party.

The defense of the revolution is the defense of the people.

People in Hollywood defer to what they know, which is a white lead, particularly in romantic comedies.

I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.

Contraception doesn't define a woman.

My mother wanted me to understand that as a woman I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to, that I didn't have to use sex or sexuality to define myself.

I think that's a place where we are, as a society, finally starting to get to now: where your sexuality doesn't have to define you - and you don't have to define it.

Just as basketball doesn't define who I am, neither does being gay.

Love is love. Family is family. A family's sexuality does not define the wonderful parent that they can be for their children.

Leadership is so defined by men, and we need to revise that - we need to be able to say that the people we honor are not the conquerors but the peacemakers.

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

There are stories I wanted to tell, and they are not defined by what I look like.

It's not very exciting to go to work to just have your character's identity being defined by her relationship with her male counterparts.

I believe marriages should be legally defined as between one man and one woman.

I want to live in a society where everyone is treated equally and not defined by their race.

A film is a film, and shouldn't be defined by language.

I admire actors such as Laura Linney, Cate Blanchett and Andrea Riseborough, who take risks and fight to not be defined by their gender.

How sexist and rude to say that my job defines my character.

I don't think being white defines who I am.

I have grown to understand that no matter where we come from, human beings, at heart, are the same. Defining ourselves based on race, religion, and ethnicity is like betraying that.

I always think about race as a part of one's identity, not the whole of one's identity. You don't want it to be the defining characteristic of a character. There has to be more.

The March on Washington was a defining moment in the history of this country and a great example of our nation truly living up to its creed.

I am definitely a person of color.