Abhijit Banerjee Quotes

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

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

My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.

I think everybody's the same. I think we're all entitled to our space, and I like to treat everybody like that.

When we run for office, our job is to work for everybody. You can't work for everybody if you don't listen to everybody.

Happy the generation where the great listen to the small, for it follows that in such a generation the small will listen to the great.

[Referring to Margaret Thatcher:] She is democratic enough to talk down to anyone.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

For me, I treat everyone like an equal.

Aren't we all human? Don't we all deserve to be respected and treated equally?

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

One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

I abhor discrimination. The way I was raised was like most Hoosiers, with the golden rule, that you should do unto others what you'd have them do unto you.

Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina, I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect.

I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian people.

My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.

I respect everyone, from the homeless brother and sister on the street to the executive that sits in the highest office named President Barack Obama. I respect everyone - but we over-respect no one.

Nobody should consider himself superior to another nor do him harm.

The aim of democracy is harmony, it’s goal is brotherhood.

To achieve progress in the face of adversity, we need a genuine commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of humanity. I'd like to see a world with more leaders who are familiar with the depths of the views of those they deeply disagree with, so that they can understand the nuances of everyone they're representing.

I treat people based on who they really are, not the name. Everyone has to be respectful and be a human being. No one's above... That's how I carry it with anybody.

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.

My entire life has been guided by a sense of equality, equality for loved ones.

The best thing we can do when we want to elevate civil dialogue in our American political discourse is to do whatever we can to make sure we treat others kindly with dignity and respect, and that's what I intend to do.