Jo Swinson Quotes

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

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

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.

All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up.

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.

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

Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.

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

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.

... equal responsibilities are less popular than equal rights.

Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.

Equal Rights

… avoid the use of language which may discriminate on grounds of race, ethnicity, gender, age or culture.

… the color of the skin is a condition entirely to be disregarded … I have little patience with … any other tests than those of regularity, character, manhood, and intelligence.

We can and must take needed action in all our programs to assure equal treatment and equal opportunity in their benefits to all of our citizens irrespective of race, color or creed.

I stand before you today to repudiate the ridiculous notion that the American people will not vote for qualified candidates simply because he is not white or because she is not a male.

As commissioner, I will attempt to see that no man is judged by the irrational criteria of race, religion, or national origin. And I assure you, I use the word 'man' in the generic sense, for I mean to see that the principle of nondiscrimination becomes a reality for women as well.

After all we have been through, blacks and other minorities deserve to be protected, as anyone else.

I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.

I think that overall, the position - on a whole host of issues - should always be toward inclusion and equality.

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

Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.

We do not have the right to discriminate against people.

I do think that the success, although still not complete... in the recognition of equal rights... to all Americans, regardless of color, creed and so forth, was also one of the best stories we've had to report.