Steve Tisch Quotes

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

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

We must be thoroughly democratic and patronize everybody without distinction of class.

I grew up with a strong set of values - and one was never judging someone by how much money they had.

We're all equal and we should treat each other as such.

For me, I treat everyone like an equal.

In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. . . .

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.

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

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

I believe that... every one of God's creatures was created equal. I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that's the way I was raised and that's the way I live my life.

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.

Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy. He would listen respectfully to words of truth from a child, and openly ignore a conceited pundit.

I'm not better than anyone else.

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.

Fairness to all

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias; the spirit of liberty remembers that not even a sparrow falls to earth unheeded; the spirit of liberty is the spirit of Him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned, but has never quite forgotten; that there may be a kingdom where the least shall be heard and considered side by side with the greatest.

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.

For me, it's simple: everybody deserves the same rights.

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

We want equality for everyone and justice when it's time for that.

I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights.

I don't care who you are. You can be the smallest person off the street, or you could be the biggest person in the world. I'm going to treat everybody the same - with respect.

They are my friends. If they are the Beatles or the kings of China, it doesn't matter lo me.

There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.