Lamar Alexander Quotes

I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.

We don’t treat racism by practicing racism.

It is not just Negroes but all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice.

We've come a long way, but there is still a lot of discrimination.

Any racism towards anybody, it's not acceptable.

Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.

Discrimination is a disease.

Prejudice is a form of untruthfulness, and untruthfulness is an insidious form of injustice.

We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.

It's incredibly disturbing when a country, particularly your own country, uses discrimination as a basis for an investigation.

When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.

Any time I saw people treated unfairly because of race, creed, whatever - it struck a nerve.

In the 1960’s I was opposed to a system of preferences known as white supremacy. I am still against preferences.

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.

Every type of discrimination whether social or cultural, whether based on sex, race, social condition, language or religion, is to be overcome and eradicated as contrary to God's intent.

We’re wise enough to know that black bigotry is just as evil as white bigotry.

The whole issue of race and discrimination is a moral issue.

I have an intensive hatred for discrimination based on color.

The arguments given by my predecessors in support of the ban on same sex marriage are the same arguments that were given to ban interracial marriage.

Racism must be fought - there are no two ways about it.

There are serious issues of inequality and injustice in this country... I stand with those opposing such bigotry.

I couldn't see why a black man wasn't allowed to drink out of the same water fountain or sit in the same bus or go to the same schools as a white guy.

Discrimination will impair democracy.

There's something not right with a person's soul when they judge another human being to be less adequate because of their gender or skin color.

Regardless of who I am, racism against anyone, anywhere should be appalling to everyone, everywhere.