Tim Cook Quotes

My role was to bring about fairness in the workplace. All I did was implement the laws that were currently on the books.

Nowadays, most women just assume they have a right to be in the workplace, and any kind of discrimination they suffer is sort of more creeping.

That all men are equal is a proposition to which at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.

Is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?

A full commitment to integration means taking all reasonable steps to dismantle these barriers, even if this necessitates reforming long established practices that were not imposed with the intent to disadvantage the racial minorities but do so nonetheless.

Once women got the right to vote, the kind of relaxed about everything. It was not until after World War II that women discovered that they did not have equal opportunity in the workplace.... The result was almost a revolution.

You've got to be qualified. The problem with all the affirmative action laws is that if you have been sufficiently discriminated against in education and training then you can't take advantage of the law because you're not qualified to hold the job.... If you can't show that you're qualified the employer doesn't have to hire you.

Women usually don't want to work as hard as a man.

Poverty, discrimination and ignorance decrease growth.

FHA has never held interracial characteristics in a project or neighborhood to be a basis of eligibility or ineligibility for mortgage insurance, per se.

Segregation is giving America a black eye overseas and is hurting American Business

I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value

We need more enlightened women in senior ranks, and we have to insist that companies are more diverse.

Gender discrimination has no place in our workforce.

The need for a national Employment Non-Discrimination Act a critical part of the LGBT community's struggle for equality.

I am proud of our diversity, and when you attack the federal workforce, you are having significant impact on women - many of whom are single moms working to support their family - and you're having a significant impact on communities of color.

I'm often accused of hiring people with civil rights experience, and I do plead guilty to that.

I don't feel that I've faced discrimination. I've had every chance to succeed and more, and I think that's what all women should have.

We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work.

I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator.

Underrepresented employees already have to overcome discriminatory barriers in their careers; they shouldn't be expected to volunteer their time to help their companies do the same.

If you're earning equal pay to a man, you get respect. It shouldn't be that way, but it is.

I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage.

Our industry is made up of so many separate entities and participants, it seems we might benefit from creating a harassment ombudsman in each union, or one for the whole industry.

A woman should not have to fear retribution from her employer, and the District of Columbia should be able to pass laws to protect against that retribution.