Jane Byrne Quotes

Every community needs to get its fair share of services.

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.

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

You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.

That's what liberalism is all about, is promoting incompetence on the basis it's fair, because people would be the best if they weren't discriminated against.

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.

The court that serves America should reflect America.

Our aim is a totally new and just constitutional dispension in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment and opportunity in every sphere of endeavour—constitutional, social and economic.

We seek ... not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and as a result.

We not only need community development but we need equitable development.

We have to start creating more material that gives a platform for people of colour, for women, for old people and young people alike to be able to showcase their talent. It's much bigger than a black or white thing.

There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.

I know our country can remain forward-thinking by ensuring young women and minorities are given equal opportunity.

San Francisco is a City for everyone and our government needs to work for all of our residents.

We deserve a multiracial democracy that works for all of us.

We want diversity in the cabinet. We want diversity reflected throughout the government.

I mean, so hopefully soon there's enough women and enough people of colour and enough of every group out there that feels that they get the recognition they deserve, and then we don't have to talk about it anymore.

A new model of business and economic development must ensure everybody's sons and daughters are treated as we would expect for our own.

If you exclude a group of people from the boardroom or the leadership ranks of a company, the company is not as good as it could be.

We must make both our distributional and democratic systems work for our communities.

It's so refreshing when I walk in and see a bunch of Asian actresses all competing for the same role because it makes me feel like I have a genuine shot.

We are all about the equality through society and sport.

I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.

I hope that we always have diversity, that we have equality and representation every step of the way.

I want things to be great for people of color and for women.