Ruby Bridges Quotes

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.

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

We must stand together united in solidarity against the targeting, demonization, and vilification of any group of people.

Discrimination is a disease.

Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

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

I have all my life fought against prejudice, having been subjected to it myself.

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

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.

Discrimination is not a national defense strategy!

I always felt the 'X-Men,' in a subtle way, often touched upon the subject of racism and inequality, and I believe that subject has come up in other titles, too. But we would never pound hard on the subject, which must be handled with care and intelligence.

I hate prejudice of any kind, whether it be color or sexual preference.

Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's insistence or someone else's whim or convenience.

Of course laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.

You know what should be banned? Stuff that's whack. The world is controversial. The world is classist. The world is racist.

I have suffered racial prejudice, and I know how painful it is. People need to take this issue more seriously and engage in this fight against racism.

I recognise that, while I was fortunate enough to grow up without any discrimination or stigma attached at all, other people haven't been so lucky.

I think people feel like other people are very different from them... And that people who are different from them are actually sort of unworthy of the same rights or empathy. I don't understand that.

Sadly, we can't eliminate bigotry. But that doesn't mean we have to tolerate it, much less give it a platform on which to thrive.

There is a difference between being offended and being prejudiced and even being bigoted against. There's a difference between that and racism.

I haven't experienced a lot of prejudice in my life, but I'm not naive to what goes on in the world.

We do not stand for racism on the pitch, in society or anywhere else it rears its ugly head.

I fight against racism and bigotry because I care about the people who are experiencing it.

Discrimination will impair democracy.