Shankar Mahadevan Quotes

I think it's worth putting energy into affirmative action in terms of having diversity in positions of power because the door was shut for so long.

Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.

I believe education is the great equalizer.

I care about education for everyone, not just the elite.

No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

If the spirit of equality means anything, it means like opportunity, and if we once lose like opportunity, we lose the only chance we have toward equality throughout the nation.

A man does not have to like me to work by my side, or in my employ or to be my next-door neighbor. But he does not have the right to limit my opportunities for employment or my choice of housing.

We seek not just freedom, but opportunity … not just equality as a right and a theory, but equality as a fact and as a result.

This democracy is shaped by equality of opportunity.

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth ought not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions — it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.

We [Chicago] are known as the city that works. You gotta make sure it works for everybody and not just a few.

It is not charity but a right, not bounty but justice, that I am pleading for.

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

Giving low-level offenders a second chance, no matter the color of their skin or the economic status they hold, can create opportunity for all of us.

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.

If we want little girls and young women and people of color to see they have a place in the tech world, it's up to us to make that place for them.

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

I feel passionately that the opportunities I have had should be available to everyone.

We have a lot of inequality, and I'm not a one-issue candidate, because I don't think this is a one-issue country. So I want to knock down all the barriers that stand in the way of people getting ahead and staying ahead.

We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.