I agree that income disparity is the great issue of our time. It is even broader and more difficult than the civil rights issues of the 1960s. The '99 percent' is not just a slogan. The disparity in income has… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
Affirmative action is the most important antidiscrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination... Affirmative action, by all statistical measures, has been the central ingredient to the… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
We understand that in an open and democratic and free society, you cannot make yourself impenetrable, especially when there are more guns than there… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
As commissioner, I will attempt to see that no man is judged by the irrational criteria of race, religion, or national origin. And I… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits. — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
The essence of a free life is being able to choose the style of living you prefer free from exclusion and without the compulsion… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
My generation took on political equality. I believe young people, who have graduated into a poor economy, have an incentive to take on much… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
I am proud to be an American, proud to represent 600,000 Americans, and proud to be in the only party pledged to make the… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
Affirmative action is the most important modern anti-discrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
The spread of feminism is the most spectacular, extraordinary phenomenon in the last twenty years, and I believe we will accomplish our goals in… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
There are not many males, black or white, who wish to get involved with a woman who's committed to her own development. — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
