John Delaney Quotes

I want to be elected on my own ability. Only then do you have progress... People should not use race as a basis for labelling me.

I stand before you today to repudiate the ridiculous notion that the American people will not vote for qualified candidates simply because he is not white or because she is not a male.

I am for Obama, all the way. I don't support Obama just because he is a black man; I support him because he is an educated black man. He is making black people proud.

Good Dems are good Dems. They want a representative that really reflects their values.

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.

It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

I'm part of a party that I think values making sure that everyone in this country has an opportunity to succeed. That's why I'm a Democrat.

I am a woman, a Democrat and a Brown.

Our party’s always been the place you can come to wherever there’s injustice. That’s what the Democratic Party’s for. That’s why it was born. That’s why it survives. So the poor and the downtrodden and the bended can have a place to turn.

I'd like to think that the door is always open for just the best actor for the role, you know? Race or gender shouldn't have anything to do with it, unless the character or story is focused on that for some particular reason.

I would argue further that Barack Obama's election to the presidency of the United States was essentially an American sophistication, a national exercise in seeing what was not there and a refusal to see what was there - all to escape the stigma not of stupidity but of racism.

I wasn't burdened by a personal history of prejudice. It's part of why I thought Barack could win.

When voters know what Democrats stand for, we can improve the lives of all Americans, no matter their race, religion or sexual orientation.

I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.

I do not diminish the incredible symbolic importance of a black man getting elected president. But my euphoria was a smart guy getting elected president. Maybe for the first time in my lifetime we had elected one of the thousand smartest Americans president.

We're able to choose our candidate not based on gender or sex or anything else other than their ideas.

When I started my pathway, black players were often considered to be good wingers, good players, but not captain or management material. It has changed since then, which is pleasing, but we still have so far to go.

People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.

I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you are talented, you will get your due. I am thankful to be part of this industry.

I don't care one bit about people's race or skin colour.

As Democrats and progressives look to the future, we should remember our most essential values.

As far as I can tell most people in football do not take colour into account when judging people. I certainly don't.

When I was pitching 'Power,' I had an executive say, 'Well, I already have a black show.' He said that right to my face.

It... does... not... have... to... be... pointed out all the time. Like, 'Isn't it great that you're black, and you're a woman?' Isn't it great that the show's good? I would just love for it not to be a thing - for it just to be, like, super norm.