Emma Thompson Quotes

Disabled people should have the same access to democracy as everybody else.

How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.

Respectfully, the civil rights movement for people with disabilities is modeled on the African American civil rights movement. I'm old enough to remember 1964. I was a junior in high school.

The ADA prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities receive the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in the mainstreams of American life, which includes participating in government programs and services.

We still have work to do in our efforts to advance equal rights for all Americans.

I think freedom means freedom for everybody.

...No opening sermons concerning children with humps and fins for limbs, who nonetheless, immortal souls all, deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happy Meals.

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

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

The purpose of the ADA was to provide clear and comprehensive national standards to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. As a result, individuals with disabilities are now able to live in their homes and have access to new careers.

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

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.

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.

The State shall ensure gender balance and fair representation of marginalized groups on all constitutional and other bodies

People who are much too sensitive to demand of cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act just like everyone else in society.

I am committed to leveling the playing field and expanding opportunity to all.

The ADA gave more than 50 million Americans with disabilities, just like my son Cole, the chance to live the American Dream and be defined only by their potential - not their limitations.

It may be a task that's so Herculean, but I think it's a worthy goal to try to open up America to individuals who just so happen to have a different skin color, that they have every right and every freedom to think what they want to think.

Democrats believe in a New South because no matter your race, immigration status, income, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, we all have the same aspirations for high-quality education, jobs, neighborhoods, health care, and retirement.

Like feminism, I want to create systems and structures for the equity for all people, especially girls and women.

We need to fight for the equal rights of citizens.

I want every person in New South Wales, no matter where they live, to feel that they have the choices and the opportunities to be their best.

I certainly believe in equal rights.

I really am focused on making sure we're doing everything we can so every single person in our country... has the right to thrive... and live in a just and equitable society.

I'm most passionate about, you know, making everybody understand that we should all have equal access on this earth.