John Legend Quotes

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

I just think bad vibes and hate and Trump are getting so much airtime, we need to speak out loud for peace and equality and fairness and make sure we all know that there are a lot of us out here in the world that just want love.

I keep wanting people to realize that there needs to be a tidal wave of peace and love. People should be treated with love and respect regardless of the color of their skin or their sexual preference. We need to keep saying that as much as we can and as loud as we can.

I want a better world, I want love and harmony amongst people no matter what color you are, what race or what background you come from or sexual orientation.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society.

I love all our Father's children of every color, creed, and political persuasion.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

Education, Love & Acceptance are the First Steps to Breaking Down Barriers

My dear compatriots, I'm not interested in your race, your origin, your sexual orientation. What interests me is your happiness.

My values - going back to my childhood - were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism.

Tolerance says I am just going to stomach your right to be different. That if you disappear from the face of the earth, I am no better or worse off. But love - love knows that every American has worth and value, no matter what their background, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

Being a parent to my daughters, son to my parents, and friends to many people, I would wish for a society that's fair to everyone, that's free of prejudice and as non-divisive as possible.

I hope that teachings about inclusion and love win out over what I personally consider to be a handful of scriptures that reflect the moral expectations of the era in which they were recorded.

I think that the message of inclusion is something a lot of people believe in and want to see succeed.

I just want people to be equal and fair to each other.

We must celebrate difference until difference doesn't make a difference in the way we treat each other.

No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way.

There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent. I am not being brave, I'm a decent human being... Love is a human experience, not a political statement

To heal will require real effort, and a change of heart, from all of us. To heal means that we will begin to look upon one another with respect and tolerance instead of prejudice, distrust and hatred. We will have to teach our children-as well as ourselves-to love the diversity of humanity....We can do it. Yes, you and I and all of us together. Now is the time. Now is the only possible time. Let the Great Healing begin.

Barack and I see a future... where no one, no one is forced to live in the shadows of intolerance.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences.

It is our responsibility to find God in someone who is different from us. I think that God basically says, 'I created diversity on purpose, and it is your responsibility to figure out how to make it work.'

Too small is our world to allow discrimination, bigotry and intolerance to thrive in any corner of it, let alone in the United States of America.