Equal Protection Quotes

26 Equal Protection quotes by 24 unique authors

• The power granted the Attorney General to intervene in all equal-protection-of-the-law cases is extremely broad and dangerous. Choices made by the Attorney General could follow… — John Sparkman
• Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. — Charles Rangel
• The equal protection standard of the constitution has one clear and central meaning - it absolutely prohibits invidious [repugnant] discrimination by government...Under our Constitution, any… — Potter Stewart
• We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
• New Rule: Gay marriage won't lead to dog marriage. It is not a slippery slope to rampant inter-species coupling. When women got the right to… — Bill Maher
• We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples due process and… — Henry Franklin Floyd
• NoH8 on the Hill, NoH8 anywhere. No American, regardless of who they love, should be denied equal protection under the law. History is on our… — Xavier Becerra
• What is so powerful here is that we have the first federal appellate court and it's a case coming out of Utah affirming in the… — Evan Wolfson
• America is the promised land, because each generation bequeathed to its children a promise, a promise that they might not come to enjoy but which… — Joe Biden
• The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. — Michael Kinsley
• There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause — Cass Sunstein
• My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These… — Edmund Burke
• It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else. — Barack Obama
• The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color.… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
• It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings… — Michael Kinsley
• Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause does guarantee same-sex marriage in all fifty states. — Barack Obama
• As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather… — Sonia Sotomayor
• If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be required by law to exercise… — John Holdren
• Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection. — James McGreevey
• When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and lesbians are denied… — Harvey Fierstein
• What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises:… — Jesse Jackson
• History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment… — Michael K. Simpson
• When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration. — Arlen Specter
• There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven… — Andrew Jackson
• Syria, for all its problems, at least has a constitution that guarantees equal protection of citizens. Around the world, we have seen that this is… — Franklin Graham

Who Wrote These Equal Protection Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 26 Equal Protection Quotes as follows:

• 2 Equal Protection Quotes by Michael Kinsley
• 2 Equal Protection Quotes by Barack Obama
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Xavier Becerra
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Sonia Sotomayor
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Potter Stewart
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Michael K. Simpson
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by John Sparkman
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by John Holdren
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Joe Biden
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Jesse Jackson
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by James McGreevey
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Henry Franklin Floyd
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Harvey Fierstein
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by George Stamatis
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Franklin Graham
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Evan Wolfson
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Edmund Burke
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Charles Rangel
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Cass Sunstein
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Bill Maher
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Arlen Specter
• 1 Equal Protection Quote by Andrew Jackson