Bertrand G. Ramcharan Quotes

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

In America, the dreamers, the disabled and the disadvantaged are not left to defend themselves, alone in their struggles.

The State shall ensure gender balance and fair representation of marginalized groups on all constitutional and other bodies

Minorities should be free from any kind of insecurity.

Achieving legal rights is only a first step in achieving equality.

As I have said before, our society cannot be truly prosperous until it respects the rights of the most vulnerable among us.

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

Societies should be judged by how they treat the weakest among them.

I think the biggest problem of the 21st century is how to deal with minorities.

Minority rights have to be protected. That is America’s great contribution to the world.

The true measure of a civilization is the respect it pays to minorities and strangers.

[We] must come to understand what it means to be a member of the minority or other small partner people, and to be ready to give that minority assurances which are necessary for a majority..

We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked.

I'm someone very interested in diversity, equity, social justice, and getting rid of white supremacy.

We need radical, transformative solutions to address the inequality that is blighting millions of people's lives.

I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

It is feasible for someone who comes from a privileged background to understand the privilege they have had and to use the formal political arena in a way that would disperse power and engage with people in their own lives.

I am convening the African Leaders Forum on Disability in partnership with Special Olympics so that a marginalized population long unrecognized does not remain in the shadows. I consider this a critical, moral and practical challenge.

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

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.

There can be no democratic society where the interests of any minority … are not protected.

We are a nation of minorities. In a nation of minorities, you can’t cherry-pick rights.

Minority rights are just as important as majority decisions.