Opal Tometi Quotes

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society.

People - whatever their race, religion, sexual preference - deserve to be treated as human beings.

I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is.

My values - going back to my childhood - were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism.

I really believe that all of us, as Americans... we all need to be treated like fellow human beings.

I just want people to be equal and fair to each other.

I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and a few who I believe to be robots. All of them are people to me. In my mind, it's not about what you look like or what you do; it's about who you are inside.

I'm very much a humanist. I'm very much pro-choice. I'm very much politically correct.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?

All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.

I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

I accept you, and you get the same respect from me whether you are black, white, gay straight, Asian, bisexual, Australian, tall, fat, whatever it is. We are all people, and I look at the people of the world the same way, as my brothers and sisters.

America, I am a strong believer that how we treat each other matters.

It is my goal to love everyone. I hate no one. Regardless of their race, religion, their proclivities, the desire of their heart and how they want to live their life and the decisions that they make. I can even respect people's decisions and lifestyle choices just as I hope they have the courtesy to respect my decisions and my choices.

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.

I'm not homophobic, I'm not racist. I'm not against any people. All I have for people is love.

The true measure of a civilization is the respect it pays to minorities and strangers.

We need a cohesive society that is tolerant.

I am a very firm believer in the Aloha spirit - respect and love for everyone, irrespective of their religion, race, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation.