Chief Joseph Quotes

We are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as human beings. We are fighting for human rights.

Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.

We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.

I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.

Is the Jew a man? He is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh, my fellow; and he shall not, if I can prevent it, be a slave! I demand for him equal rights and privileges, and a place within the pale of the Constitution!" Let all the people say, Even so, AMEN!

Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.

We do not have the right to discriminate against people.

I want to make sure that people understand that, behind this national conversation around transgender rights, there are real people who hurt when they're mocked, who hurt when they're discriminated against, and who just want to be treated with dignity and respect.

All people deserve to be treated with dignity and have their human rights respected, no matter who they are or whom they love.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

I love my people. They have the right to live like any other nation on Earth.

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

If you're black, if you're gay, if you're Latin - we're all the same. We're all the same, and we all want the same: We want to be happy.

I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights.

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.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.

All men, and women, and everything in between are created equal.

Human Rights

If you wish the Jews to become better men and useful citizens, then banish every humiliating restriction, open to them every avenue of gaining a livelihood.