Patrick Leahy Quotes

I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

You can't just be letting certain people get away with certain things and not others.

All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

Exploit us, but exploit us fairly.

I demand simple justice. I am not here as beggar. I do not care so far as I am personally concerned whether you give me a seat or not. I will go back to my people and come here again.

Equal Rights

Do equall Law and right to all the King's Subjects rich and poor.

The rankest form of hypocrisy. Laws that are good enough for everybody else ought to be good enough for us.

The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.

And Justice for Some

The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly

The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the law

I don't happen to believe, by the way, that immigration policies that single people out because of religion, for instance, are fair and just.

You can't keep treating people differently under the law because of their differences. That's not America. I dare say that's not even a good conservative value. We're all supposed to have an equal shot.

Every person deserves to be treated fairly under the law.

Separate but equal does not work.

I never ever felt that I was unfairly treated.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.

There's never going to be a system that is fair to everyone.

Injustice can never be stood for.

We live in a world where equality is pretty important.

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.