Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes

We do not have the right to discriminate against people.

I believe that all men and women are created equal, but it took our country until 1920 to acknowledge this for women. And then it took until 1964, the year before I was born, to outlaw discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. And same-sex marriage became the law of the land in 2015.

I support making sure that there are legal protects for everyone.

I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.

I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.

The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.

Equal Rights

In the long run it is more important to us as a nation to show the world that we believe in equality of opportunity, that we realize that any kind of segregation is discrimination whether it comes about because of race, color, or creed, and that we are determined to show the world that we believe in the things we preach.

Democracy doesn't automatically safeguard women and minorities.

Ending discrimination and extending equality should always be a national priority.

If I only care about equality for transgender people, then I am leaving so many people behind - if I'm not at the same time seeking to end discrimination against people of color, seeking to end discrimination against women, seeking to ensure that people of every religious background have an equal opportunity.

Other things equal, we should give a chance to women. That's what I try to do.

I certainly believe in equal rights.

It is paramount that we take control of the story behind our movement, which is that we seek equality for all Americans, no matter their race or gender.

I get treated like everyone else, and that's the way it should be.

I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights.

We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.

What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black.

It doesn't matter what color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc., everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions.

In the women's movement, women needed men to stand up and say, 'This isn't right.' In the civil rights of the '60s, it took people of all color to demand equal rights.

Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.