Eric Reid Quotes

There's nothing I love more in life than turning around a bigot.

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better. We have to make it better now.

All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In the 21st century, we must resurrect solidarity and compassion.

You can legislate against discrimination, but you can't legislate compassion, understanding and good will.

This Machine Kills Hate

All religions teach the same basic thing, that you have to stand up for those that are considered the worst.

If we want to change this culture of hate and bigotry, every one of us must stand up and speak with one voice to condemn it, because an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.

I believe in people, and you don't need to be a feminist for that.

We, as a society, need to be open-minded.

We can continue to learn generation after generation and now is time to begin to learn how to love in a non-discriminatory way because we are intelligent enough, but we are not loving enough as a species.

I think a lot of the source of how people are treated depends on the fact if someone recognizes them as a human being or not, you know what I mean?

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.

Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

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.

Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness.

You may be less likely to pick on someone if you don't know what's in their briefcase or purse.