Quotes About Equality

I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act re-enacted. I have been a strong supporter of affirmative action. I believe in it strongly.

As a black woman in a nation that has taken too many pains to remind me that I am not a white man and am not capable of taking care of my reproductive rights or my voting rights, I know that this American god ain't my god.

My voting rights agenda is not that different from what you'd see in H.R. 1.

Because when we look at the modern civil rights movement under the leadership of my father and the team that he developed, it was at the federal level that we were able to appeal to bring about justice, whether it was in relationship to voting rights - just a number of issues.

The demands of the Civil Rights era weren't limited to voting rights - they strove for an end to segregation in all aspects of life, including housing, employment, and public accommodations.

Our challenge is to mobilize a new coalition of conscience to restore the Voting Rights Act, strengthen voting rights and broaden voter access in the legislatures of the 50 states.

Voting rights are preservative of all other rights.

We need to, in my opinion, to restore the full strength of the federal Voting Rights Act.

Let America Vote will make the case for voting rights by exposing the real motivations of those who favor voter suppression laws.

Voting rights are constitutional rights.

I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.

The fact that someone owes money will not keep them from getting their voting rights back.

Decision by decision, Justice Ginsburg reaffirmed the ideals of our Constitution and our shared values of fairness, equality, and opportunity. Her judicial opinions on voting rights, gender discrimination, and same-sex marriage made this country stronger and will continue to ring out through the ages.

Voting rights are about the foundation of our democracy.

Voting rights is not just some other issues alongside other issues, it gets to the heart of who we are in the first place - a democracy!

If all schools become privatized in the U.S., the poor wouldn't be given vouchers for 'school choice.' They would have no choices.

Obama's middle name differs from my last name by only two vowels. Does the McCain-Palin campaign view me as a pariah, too? Do McCain and Palin think there's something wrong with my name?

I think Britain is a bit class-ridden. People tend to be judged by how rounded their vowels are.

During my last voyage to America, I enjoyed the happiness of seeing that revolution completed, and, thinking of the one that would probably occur in France, I said in a speech to Congress, published everywhere except in the 'French Gazette,' 'May this revolution serve as a lesson to oppressors and as an example to the oppressed!'

Vulnerability is the strongest state to be in. How boring would it be if we were constantly dominant or constantly submissive?

As someone who is both an ethnic minority and openly gay, I often talk about how simply being who I am has given me a double awareness of the vulnerability that some Americans may be facing.

It's interesting when people say, 'You always play strong women,' because as far as I'm concerned, women are strong. I think that's what women are. We have got that vulnerability, but we have got that strength. We are survivors.

Bankruptcy exposes the economic vulnerability and insecurity of middle class women.