Maya Angelou Quotes

We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.

Every type of discrimination whether social or cultural, whether based on sex, race, social condition, language or religion, is to be overcome and eradicated as contrary to God's intent.

We've come a long way, but there is still a lot of discrimination.

We must stand together united in solidarity against the targeting, demonization, and vilification of any group of people.

I fight against racism and bigotry because I care about the people who are experiencing it.

Discrimination will impair democracy.

There's something not right with a person's soul when they judge another human being to be less adequate because of their gender or skin color.

Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, anything Nazi and a boatload of other things have no place in my life.

Imagine living in a state where businesses can legally refuse to serve people based on their sexual orientation. Where parents can force their children to undergo conversion therapy to 'cure' them of their 'homosexual tendencies.'

Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.

I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.

Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.

In articulating all my feelings about marriage equality, I almost don't know where to begin. And perhaps that's part of the problem. Why do we have to explain ourselves when it comes to issues of fairness and equality? Why is common sense not enough?

When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.

Any time I saw people treated unfairly because of race, creed, whatever - it struck a nerve.

Racial discrimination is wrong and racial preference is just as wrong.

We don’t treat racism by practicing racism.

The arguments given by my predecessors in support of the ban on same sex marriage are the same arguments that were given to ban interracial marriage.

Discrimination is not a national defense strategy!

Racism and sexism, misogyny and homophobia, they're so visible. They're out in the open. When they're visible, it's a lot easier to deal with them.

Of course laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.

I have suffered racial prejudice, and I know how painful it is. People need to take this issue more seriously and engage in this fight against racism.

I recognise that, while I was fortunate enough to grow up without any discrimination or stigma attached at all, other people haven't been so lucky.

I think people feel like other people are very different from them... And that people who are different from them are actually sort of unworthy of the same rights or empathy. I don't understand that.