Jennifer Westfeldt Quotes

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

When somebody greedily comes along and thinks that they gonna snatch everything, and you have so many people that have not, the passion that drives me is trying to make them understand that they have to share. So, my art reflects that; the whole reason I do what I do reflects that.

Us as a people, we can't do it on our own. We have to understand that we're not each other's enemy. We have to stop discriminating against each other due to class and due to race and due to location or financial position.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

We must display a heart for every American, and a special passion for those still on the first rung of life's ladder.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

I'm the friend of the little people.

Those words freedom and opportunity do not mean a license to climb upwards by pushing other people down.

Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.

I do believe in humanism, and I believe that we should treat each other with respect and care and look after each other. All human beings should have an equal chance to survive in society, and inequality is a big problem in society.

Either you fight for everybody, or you're really just fighting for yourself and people like you.

If we created a society based on love, it would be a society without exploitation.

I don't think I necessarily try to help women; I just try to help people.

I think a big part of my faith teachings is to work together towards equality: that we're all created equal, and under the eyes of God, we all have a right to freedom and to access our rights equally.

We are way more powerful when we turn to each other and not on each other, when we celebrate our diversity, focus on our commonality, and together tear down the mighty walls of injustice.

Justice begins with the recognition of the necessity of sharing. The oldest law is that which regulates it, and this is still themost important law today and, as such, has remained the basic concern of all movements which have at heart the community of human activities and of human existence in general.

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

We are the world.

Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.

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