Omarosa Manigault Newman Quotes

If you look at your companies, and half of your staff are not female, and a decent percentage of them are not people of color, then you are part of the problem because you need people working for you and you need people in positions of leadership who can exercise their bias and who can exercise their perspective.

Obama is the first African-American president, and for some people, that means a great deal, and for some people, it means very little.

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

I do not want to be president because I am a woman. Being a woman is important, but it's not the most important. I want to be president because we have the talent and the platform and the vision of a Mexico that we want for all Mexicans, not only for a select few.

This country is just that great that the opportunities are there for a Hispanic president, a black president or any other race for a president, yes.

Back when I was looking for my next step and was researching Gannett, I was interested in who was leading the various businesses within the organization: Are there a lot of women and minorities in important, operational roles, senior management and the board of directors?

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.

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.

I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar Michelle Obama setting the standard for American women. I simply cannot say it enough: look how far we've come.

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team.

I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like myself. I have very high expectations for Obama, and I am extremely hopeful that he will bring great lasting change not just to America, but to the entire world.

I think it is so great right now that we are in an age where there's an African American president in office. I think it is important for our generation to really witness that.

I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.

They are entitled to their rightful share in running the country.

If we can blast a woman into space, we can launch a woman into the White House.

I think my appointment is the example and answer for those who accuse Israel of being an apartheid state. It shows minorities have equal rights and we are part of the government, the state and the parliament

I think overall, from a deputy, from an undersecretary standpoint, the goal of a good leader is to get diversity across there. Geographical diversity is important. Industry diversity is important: you can't have all corn growers... Not only that, you've got gender diversity, you've got racial diversity.

Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.

Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.

Women's voices need to be in politics, and shaping politics from the very beginning, not serve as an afterthought.

Our next black president, I think, can be more like Muhammad Ali.

I am hopeful that there are three or four Harvey Milks. It would be nice to have one in California and one in New York and one in Texas and Oklahoma-it would be fantastic. Maybe even one in Salt Lake City. I would like that.

In 'The Force Awakens,' women as well as men are in positions of authority. And you don't have to work hard to do that - it's not a statement, it's the world.