Second Class Quotes

75 quotes by 70 authors

To allow same-sex couples to adopt children and then to label their families as second-class because the adoptive parents are of the same sex is… — Stephen Reinhardt
We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens. — Dora Russell
If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status. — Patrick J. Kennedy
Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance of race in… — Michelle Alexander
Once they arrive, affirmative action kids are generally left to sink or swim academically. Brown (University) offers plenty of counseling and tutoring to struggling students,… — Ron Suskind
Regardless of the fact that in this country, certainly in the arts, we treat comedy as a second-class citizen, I've never thought of it that… — Jeff Daniels
In the kingdom of God there are no second-class citizens. — David S. Baxter
It is astonishing that gay and lesbian Americans are still treated as second-class citizens. I am confident that, very soon, the laws of this nation… — George Clooney
A second-class is a first-class mistake. — William Arthur Ward
No longer should women be denied the right to vote, no longer should women be treated as second class citizens, no longer should women not… — Ginny Brown-Waite
I didn't want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a… — Bianca Jagger
The experiments made on the mutual electrical relations of bodies have taught us that they can be divided into two classes: electropositive and electronegative. The… — Jons Jacob Berzelius
Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer… — Haile Selassie
One of the problems with organized religion is that it has always kept women in a second-class position. They have been viewed as the daughters… — Hugh Hefner
My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and… — Mike Shinoda
Of all second-class citizens, neurotics are the only ones who are so by choice. — Mignon McLaughlin
It is only in the fundamentalist religions that women are relegated to second class. Radical Evangelicals, Muslims, and Jews all have the same view of… — Sally Quinn
We are the country that has attracted the biggest volume of foreign investment in southeastern Europe in the past few years. Romania doesn't need to… — Traian Basescu
Being an outsider means not being heard, not having a voice. It means being treated as a second-class citizen, being diminished in the eyes of… — Chris Crutcher

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