William J. Grinker Quotes

We live in a world where equality is pretty important.

The MLK Shabbat Suppers focused on the theme of educational inequity, which Dr. King considered inextricably linked to the struggle for equality and justice.

It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.

I want a fair housing bill. We’ve got to end this Goddamn discrimination against Negroes. Until people, whether they’re purple, brown, black, yellow, red, green, or whatever – live together, they’ll never know they have the same hopes for their children, the same fears, troubles, woes, ambitions.

Equal Rights

Equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens without distinction of color, sex or nationality.

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

I rejoice that I have lived to see this day, when the colored people of this favored land, by law, have equal privileges with the most favored. And I have faith to believe that ere long equal justice will be granted to the poor Indians and the Chinese.

People need to see signs of equal treatment across society.

Social justice is the surest guarantor of peace in the world.

It is our responsibility to stand up for equality, fairness, and civil rights.

We still have work to do in our efforts to advance equal rights for all Americans.

My life won't have full quality until we achieve equality for all.

In a world of injustice there's going to be dreams of justice.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

As we talked of freedom and justice one day for all, we sat down to steaks. I am eating misery, I thought, as I took the first bite. And spit it out.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one's life fighting social injustice.

What those people who ask for equality have in mind is always an increase in their own power to consume.

Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.

I think social justice is important. I think it's not fair.

The promise of equality is not the same as true equality.

In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.

We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.

Racial preferences are dead. All that is required now is to give them a decent and honorable burial.