John Boyle O'Reilly Quotes

The last time I checked, the only difference between my gay friends and I is who we choose to love. I'm not sure how that warrants a loss of rights, but it needs to stop. What ever happened to liberty and justice for all?

When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it or quit saying it .

I think freedom means freedom for everybody.

At this moment in history, we are called to act as if we truly believe that liberty and justice for all is a desirable thing.

Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.

Freedom is not the sole prerogative of a chosen few, but the universal right of all God's children.

If the meanest man in the republic is deprived of his rights,then every man in the republic is deprived of his rights.

I believe in equal rights for all citizens. One law for all.

The great aim of the struggle for liberty has been equality before the law.

We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.

Minority rights have to be protected. That is America’s great contribution to the world.

Secure to all … citizens a perfect equality of rights

Equal Rights

One man’s right is every man’s right.

Rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.

A Christian, a Deist, a Turk, and a Jew, have equal rights: they are men and brethren.

For me, it's simple: everybody deserves the same rights.

We want equality for everyone and justice when it's time for that.

I thought equality was non-negotiable.

All men & women are created equal

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.

As we talked of freedom and justice one day for all, we sat down to steaks. I am eating misery, I thought, as I took the first bite. And spit it out.

I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that's the way I was raised and that's the way I live my life.