Storm Reid Quotes

You are the stars and the world is watching you. By your presence you send a message to every village, every city, every nation. A message of hope. A message of victory. The right to play on any playing field? You have earned it. The right to study in any school? You have earned it. The right to hold a job? You have earned it. The right to anyone's neighbor? You have earned it.

Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

Compassion, hope, and opportunity are some of the most fundamentally American values that we should fight like hell to protect.

I feel that for a lot of my career, I had success, I was adored, but I was also this alien creature. I want to show that I have the skill like any other female model, and I'm asking for the same equal treatment and equal respect as any other female model.

I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.

I can't imagine how hard it must be to invest in a community... when you don't feel heard and when you don't feel seen.

We all want equality, we all want to be loved, we all want to have the full potential and opportunity to grow and to participate fully in our societies.

I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated.

We live in a great state filled with creative, community minded, hard-working, decent people. And what they want from us is opportunity, possibility and hope.

I want everyone to live to their full potential without having to fear someone will try to knock them down or discriminate against them.

There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

I always look at things half full and definitely see a change in how things are going as far as black actresses and their opportunities.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

It matters whether women sit at the table. No one speaks up for you when you are standing outside with your nose pressed up against the glass. You cannot window-shop for power.

You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

The extent to which all people in our society are made to count, and believe that they count, is not just a measure of decency; it makes sound economic sense.

On the contrary, if they are treated with justice and humanity, proper example and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be as bright and prosperous to the unfortunate race as the past has been dark and painful.

I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.

What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?

Stronger than all the armies is the idea whose time has come. The time has come for equality in sharing in government and education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here.

Up you mighty race. You can accomplish what you will! Build your future on these foundations: Freedom, Justice and Equality.