Second Class Quotes

75 quotes by 70 authors

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction. — Benjamin Jealous
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't… — Lena Horne
I am being tried for fighting for the right of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America. — Paul Robeson
We can't wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship. Now, this is where I differ with everybody on the Republican side.… — Hillary Clinton
The few women who have been admitted to the study are usually given a second-class status in which they are taught only the basics of… — Frederick Lenz
When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film. — Brit Marling
The only excuse for a novelist, aside from the entertainment and vicarious living his books give the people who read them, is as a sort… — John Dos Passos
There are two kinds of second class men in business. There is the man who puts money first and service second. There is the man… — Gerald Stanley Lee
If you don't fit into this kind of like gossipy, trendy, Web-hit thingy, you're relegated to sort of second-class celebrity status. — Billy Corgan
Certainly, light fiction exists and encompasses mysteries or second-class romance novels, books that are read on the beach, whose only aim is to entertain. These… — Umberto Eco
I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was… — Queen Latifah
St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel. — Malcolm Muggeridge
The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal. — Satchel Paige
I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen. — Rosa Parks
I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes… — Jose Saramago
Better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class match. — Haruki Murakami
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable… — Dan Barker
Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others are still treated… — Gary L. Francione
As for loving woman, I have never understood why some people had a fit. I still don't. It seems fine to me. If an individual… — Rita Mae Brown
Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living in… — Susan Cain

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