Atal Bihari Vajpayee Quotes

True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology.

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

In our insistence upon equality of opportunity has our system advanced beyond all the world.

Superior ability is not the exclusive possession of any one race or any one class.

Treating people the same is not equal treatment if they are not the same.

My priority is inclusion and justice. We need a system of justice that is applied across the board. That is what this country is striving for. We've suffered from a variety of exclusions. In the past, I compared our situation to a person with scissors who first cut the sleeve, then the fingers, then our body politic to pieces. My job is to stitch the wounds together. We need an agenda of inclusion: the youth, the women, the poor feel an enormous sense of exclusion.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

No one should walk into a party and have a stamp that says 'mayor' or 'businessman' on their head. Everyone is just there to have a good time.

Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.

I am treated no different than the other girls.

One child must never be set above another, even in casual conversation, not to mention in speeches that circle the globe.

I want nothing to do with privilege.

Sama means 'equal' in Sanskrit; I chose 'Samasource' because I thought it really reflected a value that I had and that I wanted the company to have, which is that everyone has equal capabilities and deserves an equal chance.

Anytime I look at a president, I don't care what color he is.

I have dedicated my political career to bringing fairness to America's economic system and to our work force, regardless of what people look like or where they may worship.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Real equality is the soul of the state in a democracy

We are a nation without classes or special privileges.

Equal opportunity for all, special privilege for none.

This democracy is shaped by equality of opportunity.

Those fighting to be included in the ideal of equality are not being divisive; those fighting to keep those people out are.

At its core, a fair and just society is one where opportunity is open to all - not just those at the top.