Bruce William Powe Quotes

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.

In the long and dogged crusade that the human race has fought in favor of democracy, the ideal of liberty, of freedom, has always been the goal.

We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well.

Wise statesmen ... established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the doctrine that none but rich men, or none but white men, were entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their posterity should look up again at the Declaration of Independence and take courage to renew the battle which their fathers began.

We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.

Minority rights are just as important as majority decisions.

Nobody's lesser or greater; that's what our Constitution is about.

We will have a more just society as soon as we want one.

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

All men & women are created equal

Human rights are fundamental rights, they are the minimum, the very least we demand. Too often, they become the goal itself. What should be the minimum becomes the maximum - all we are supposed to expect - but human rights aren't enough. The goal is, and must always be, justice.

We learn that Comrade [President of South Africa Nelson] Mandela has announced in a speech that he hopes for a bright future in South Africa for ‘liberty’ and ‘equality.’ Anyone who has thought about it realizes that liberty and equality are antithetical concepts. You can have one, or you can have the other, but you certainly cannot have both. As to that, either concept is a rather futile goal. Equality is biologically impossible, and liberty is only obtainable in homogeneous populations very thinly spread.

Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.

I think freedom means freedom for everybody.

I recognize that in some cases it's more important to have freedom and justice than to have peace.

At this moment in history, we are called to act as if we truly believe that liberty and justice for all is a desirable thing.

Gay people do not fight for freedom to live in a lavender bubble, but in a more just society.

Liberty and equality are magical words.

America stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all. And it's not happening for all right now.

I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.