Susan Cain Quotes

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better. We have to make it better now.

Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men.

Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty for good.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.

I don't want women and their families to be left out and left behind. We can fight for them. We will fight for them. They deserve better and I want to give them better.

... a legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women—with men relating to that the best they can.

If any group wants to not be disenfranchised, then understanding that there's going to be a learning curve for people who have disenfranchised them is important.

We must make sure #MeToo breaks the race, class, gender, and faith lines that make it so hard for marginalized people to be heard.

I hope that a lot of the men and women who feel forgotten in this country really see that they have in me a champion.

I believe in people, and you don't need to be a feminist for that.

I'm just about social justice. Amen to women like me!

If we value human rights, they should be at the core of the project against violent extremism, and women a key part of our imagined future.

We'll always be re-examining how we relate to each other in terms of race and gender, in terms of power and access.

Alleviating suffering of the most marginalized communities must begin with assessing the needs of entire communities and allowing the most marginalized to lead the strategy. My belief is those closest to the pain are closest to the solution.

As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I've done is rooted in the notion that every human being is born equally capable. What people lack is equal opportunity.

The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.

Let's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.

We decided to focus on women because no one was singling them out.

You supposed to be able to do anything in this world. That's what Martin Luther King told me.

If you really want change, you really want it to be inclusive, where everyone's included, otherwise you're just going to have more of the same in the future.

One needs to place the spotlight more on vulnerable groups of the population such as minorities, indigenous populations, migrants, and historically disadvantaged communities. Placing the spotlight on them brings their plight to the fore and enables the forging of a national consensus to act for their relief and protection.

Freeing women and giving them a chance at life is not imposing Dutch values on foreigners.

Speak up for the people that nobody speaks for.