Discrimination Quotes
497 Discrimination quotes by 365 unique authors
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Because of the lingering discrimination, many women still lack confidence. They live in fear of stepping beyond what they feel is acceptable 'female' behavior. I…
— Joyce Meyer
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History tells us that six million Jews disappeared during that war. If there was no Holocaust, where did they go?' She shakes her head. 'All…
— Jodi Picoult
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I think people are as individual as snowflakes, they kinda look alike but no two are the exactly the same, and all classification is the…
— Craig Ferguson
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I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will…
— Nelson Mandela
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If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of…
— Mary McLeod Bethune
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I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam - good people,…
— Gore Vidal
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I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading…
— Rigoberta Menchu
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The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
— Zhuangzi
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The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.
— Michael Faraday
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In the animal world, on the other hand, the process of evolution is characterised by the progressive discrimination of the animal and vegetative functions, and…
— Wilhelm Wundt
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
— Zainab Salbi
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Picking and choosing what kind of love is worth recognizing is an expensive choice. Is discrimination worth that price?
— Nancy Lublin
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So much has happened to obscure the dialogue about race and about gender and discrimination in general, especially where those things touch on economics.
— Tracy Chapman
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There were lots of smart black people at Harvard before Barack Obama, but none of them ever got to head up the law review. There…
— Andrew Young
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If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we…
— Bayard Rustin
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There is an incompatibility between being glamorous, young and a woman and using my brain. The official version is there is no discrimination, and talent…
— Maiwenn
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I am not against migration. It is simply pragmatic to restrict migration, while at the same time encouraging integration and fighting discrimination. I support the…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football.
— Sepp Blatter
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My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Discrimination is alive and soaring.
— Jonathan Kozol
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In the Everybody-Give-Me-A-Hug victim culture in which we live, the obese want a spot at the table along with those who face discrimination based on…
— John Ridley
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It is amazing to hear grown-up people rationalize homophobia and discrimination. The lengths they go to trying to prove their points take reason to its…
— Henry Rollins
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I suggest that those groups whose culture and values stress delayed gratification - education, hard work, success, and ambition - are those groups that succeed…
— Richard Lamm
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We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.
— Nelson Mandela
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In the past, there was active discrimination against women in science. That has now gone, and although there are residual effects, these are not enough…
— Stephen Hawking
Who Wrote These Discrimination Quotes
365 authors contributed a total of 497 Discrimination Quotes, led by these top contributors: