Civil rights Quote by Thomas Sowell

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.

— Thomas Sowell

The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and…

— John Hume

calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.

— Anita Hill

I believe in civil rights. Every man is born equal and should be treated as human.

— Peter Norman

It is of the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of the fact…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Treating people the same is not equal treatment if they are not the same.

— Deborah Tannen

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.

— Bryan Cranston

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights. We have to recognize that we have…

— Dorothy Height

The equal protection standard of the constitution has one clear and central meaning - it absolutely prohibits invidious [repugnant] discrimination by government...Under our Constitution,…

— Potter Stewart

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

— Aristotle

Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and…

— James F. Cooper

Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.

— John Wooden