Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes

Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.

We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.

You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!

Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.

Technology can be a great equalizer when it comes to health care, education - to the point where rich, poor, middle class can all get the same benefits.

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

The thing which attracted me to Google and to the Internet in general is that it's a great equalizer. I've always been struck by the fact that Google search worked the same, as long as you had access to a computer with connectivity, if you're a rural kid anywhere or a professor at Stanford or Harvard.

Our goal in life ought to be to extend this medium [the Internet] so that it is available to every man, woman and child in the country.

In a country where there is no privileged class, genius and industry may attain the highest honors.

As Americans, I think we really believe that with the meritocracy that exists in our country, the equality of opportunity is so important to the foundation of our culture and our society.

I want my kids to grow up in a world where everybody gets a fair shot.

I feel passionately that the opportunities I have had should be available to everyone.

We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

We must also promote global access to the Internet. We need to bridge the digital divide not just within our country. But among countries. Only by giving people around the world access to this technology can they tap into the potential. Of the information age.

You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair. We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result.

It's worrying to think more than half the world's population lacks internet access and therefore lacks an equal opportunity to improve their lives.

It's important that the disparities in the living conditions cannot be allowed in this digital period to be too marked. Each and every one must be given an opportunity to participate, which is why Germany's fate in many ways depends on the firmness of its alliance with NATO, with the European Union.

America can't work for only some people and become a dream for all people. It has to work for everyone. And even though everyone might not end up at the same place, if everyone starts with the same beginning, then that's the dream fulfilled. We all don't have the same abilities, but we should have the same opportunities.

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.

The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among people. No one should be too rich.

As a company powered by technology and digital innovation, Booking.com believes strongly in ensuring equal access and opportunity for all within the technology sector.

That's where my heart has been for three decades is to really empower and allow all families the same kind of opportunities I've had for my kids.

I was a firm believer that every cricketer needs to get a fair chance.

We need to really focus on getting this digital equity across the board in all of our public school systems, for both girls and boys.