Belinda Johnson Quotes

The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek to work at Harvard.

The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.

For me, as a woman in one of the less diverse fields - electrical engineering, which is what I studied in college - it was hard to persist and really build a career. Some of the things I experienced were really scary, and they weren't experiences that I wanted for my daughter.

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.

Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

Once we increase the proportion of women in technical roles, the challenge is to retain them and ease the transition to senior positions.

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

When Donald Trump is in charge, all that counts is ability, effort, and excellence. This has long been the philosophy at the Trump Organization. At my father's company, there are more female than male executives. Women are paid equally for the work that we do, and when a woman becomes a mother, she is supported, not shut out.

Maybe our work appeals to some people more than others. But the opportunities that I present to my colleagues are completely uninfluenced by gender, race, sexual orientation, or religion.

We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work.

I would like my kids to inherit a world where people succeed because of merit and hard work, not entitlement, and where people accept others for what they are and not try to change them.

What women need are not benefits and advantages but a merit-based selection process that will allow them to automatically benefit from various opportunities.

There have always been men of all background and ethnicities on my father's job sites. And long before it was commonplace, you also saw women.

Other things equal, we should give a chance to women. That's what I try to do.

The people in the decision-making positions need to be thinking differently about who to hire, and looking more unsparingly at their choices. Why give this person a break over that person? Why give this person a second chance over that person? I do think that's where gender comes into play.

If a CEO takes an interest in you and he happens to be an Asian man, then that's great, but as an African-American woman, you want to make sure that if the executive vice-president of the company is an African-American woman that you get to know her.

I think it's embarrassing for our industry that we have such low diversity across senior-level management at all of the mainstream, top-tier venture capital firms.

Let's stand together, stick together, and work together for justice of every description. Racial justice. Gender justice. Immigrant justice. Economic justice. Environmental justice.

The problem in business isn't that women are overlooked because they are women, it's that most people subconsciously look to employ a mini-me. It's not a gender issue, it's about diversification full stop. It's hard to change that mindset and it hits women particularly hard because men historically have always been the recruiters.

I certainly believe in equal rights.

Equality for all is what we should all want, between race, religion, gender, sexuality... it doesn't matter.

As commissioner, I will attempt to see that no man is judged by the irrational criteria of race, religion, or national origin. And I assure you, I use the word 'man' in the generic sense, for I mean to see that the principle of nondiscrimination becomes a reality for women as well.

All women deserve a dignified and respectful workplace in which talent, hard work and loyalty are recognized, revered, and rewarded.

I think women benefit from being in places and having positions where the quality of work is the criteria, not what you look like. Not every place is like that.

We should always care for the minorities and be attentive towards their welfare.