Angela Rayner Quotes

Let the path be open to talent.

If you have the talent, you should have the opportunity.

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

We must restore the emotional relationship that people have to the idea of America, that no matter where you come from, no matter where you live, that you have access to the same opportunities that somebody who is born in privilege.

I don't think anybody can claim success at any part of our lives, private or professional, if there are others that don't enjoy the same opportunities.

Equality of opportunity means the achievers must be allowed to achieve.

Fairness is not the end result, it's the opportunity. And everybody in America today has the opportunity to get ahead.

I am a believer in people succeeding on merit.

Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.

There's place and means for every man alive.

All children should have equal opportunities.

This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.

The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.

In a country where there is no privileged class, genius and industry may attain the highest honors.

I think this country is genuinely a meritocracy.

We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

All men will commence in their present rank and promotion will be open to all men alike, without any distinctions or qualifications, political or otherwise.

I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.

I don't ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less successful. They never inculcated the belief that somehow, in order for us to climb the ladder, other people have to come down from the ladder.

When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.

It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance.