Discrimination Quotes

497 Discrimination quotes by 365 unique authors

I cannot afford to believe that freedom from intolerance is the right of only one particular group. And I cannot afford to choose between the… — Audre Lorde
If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a… — Bayard Rustin
Jinnah is a constant source of inspiration for all those who are fighting against racial and group discrimination. — Nelson Mandela
Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther. — Lionel Blue
By the time I was at college, I became very alert to the question of racial discrimination, and I remember one of my first writing… — Albert Maltz
I can't resist a pretty plant. When I see it, I want it, I buy it, take it home, and plant it where ever I… — Cassandra Danz
Leave it to a girl to take the fun out of sex discrimination. — Bill Watterson
Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive. In the middle category,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Gender equality and empowerment of women is key to the success of the Millennium Development Goals. Not only as a specific target, but for the… — Johanna Siguroardottir
While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their hair loose, women… — Zainab Salbi
Prejudice and discrimination have always been a big part of my life. When I was 6, I got beat up and called dirty Jew boy… — Philip Zimbardo
I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase… — Charles Rangel
Any honest conversation about engaging young people must address discrimination against young people. — Adam Fletcher
Like a pet fish unaware of the fishbowl it lives in, each of us inherently discriminates against young people without knowing it. — Adam Fletcher
Adultism is not always harmful-but it is always real. — Adam Fletcher
Adultism leads to a phenomenon of little adults, who are young people who are treated as adults-in-the-making. A non-discriminatory perspective would be to treat children… — Adam Fletcher
Most of society's decision making for young people happens without young people, and that could not happen without adultcentrism. — Adam Fletcher
Dropping out of school is the ultimately caused by discrimination against young people in schools. — Adam Fletcher
For every young person living on the streets tonight, there are many at home zoning out inside their homes through video games, and even more… — Adam Fletcher
The outcome of this culture of discrimination is that young people are routinely denied the roles in society they can, should, and need to be… — Adam Fletcher
Young people often serve as scapegoats for the challenges communities face. At the same time, they are routinely pushed away from connecting to their communities… — Adam Fletcher
The pattern of discrimination that allows this discrimination was set in the founding of the United States. — Adam Fletcher
Young people and adults need equitable relationships-they do not need equal ones. — Adam Fletcher
We have seen a man dragged to death in Texas simply because he was black. A young man murdered in Wyoming simply because he was… — William J. Clinton
Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award - these… — William Gilmore Simms

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