Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me.

We're all equal. We were all made the same.

That's something that 'Coco' will show: that everyone is equal, and everyone is the same.

Race, gender, religion, sexuality, we are all people and that's it. We're all people. We're all equal.

I believe in absolute oneness of God and therefore also of humanity.

My point is you can fight racism and sexism and homophobia more effectively if you're doing it from the position that you're standing for the dignity of all people, and that you're actually standing for the underdog in the red states and the blue states. I think it's more effective when you're anti-racism and anti-sexism and anti-homophobia and that is the centerpiece for a project to uplift all humanity, and frankly to defend and uplift the children of all species.

The Swaraj of my dream recognizes no race or religious distinctions.

Remember that you are all people and that all people are you.

We are all God's people. We are prejudiced and we separate into Jews, Mexicans, Italians, but God doesn't see colors.

It's not so much for me where you come from, who you are, what race you are. We're just human beings that are still a work in progress and there's a lot that we've got to overcome, so that we can all be equal.

I believe there is only one race - the human race.

My mother, Abra, had taught me that all people are made from the same dust. When our days here are gone, all men and women enter the same garden.

We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.

I don't make a distinction between men and women. To me they are just people.

Every member of Congress is sent to Washington to represent all of their constituents, regardless of their age, race, social standing, or sexual orientation, and I believe that America should be a place where everybody can dream, and nobody is left out.

The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.

Let us stop saying 'white Americans' and 'colored Americans,' let us try once and for all saying... Americans. Let human beings be equal on Earth as in Heaven.

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

The way forward is always found through greater respect for the equal rights of all.

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing.

This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination.

Either we are all free, or we fail; democracy must belong to all of us.

No neighborhood is more important than another, no child is less deserving than his neighbor.