Jim Bridenstine Quotes

Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.

How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.

Inequality within the deaf and hard of hearing community is something I feel really passionate about and always will do.

I think we ought to provide much more dignity and respect to individuals who need some care and assistance, whether they are chronically ill or disabled or seniors, it's the right thing for this country to do.

I am convening the African Leaders Forum on Disability in partnership with Special Olympics so that a marginalized population long unrecognized does not remain in the shadows. I consider this a critical, moral and practical challenge.

I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.

Absolute protection of Jews and no discrimination whatsoever.

I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights.

I can't think of a greater privilege than to speak out with legislation for people that can't often speak for themselves. And I know the ABLE Act will bring justice and peace of mind to millions of American families who deal with disabilities every day.

People with disabilities are capable and deserve the same opportunities as everyone else.

I'm a huge advocate for human rights and cultural rights. I stand up for minorities and will always continue to do so.

I certainly believe in equal rights.

I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.

In my opinion we don't take care of our disabled people well enough. We don't take care of our elderly well enough. We should honor them more than we do.

I am passionate about human rights.

I was always interested in working with people with disabilities, and in high school I worked with people who had Down Syndrome. That was for an agency called AHRC, Association for the Help of Retarded Children. Then I went to college, and throughout college I volunteered for AHRC.

I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation - you know the rest.

I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.

I really love filling out forms - quite fortuitous, really, given that as one of Australia's 4 million-ish disabled people, ticking boxes and recording my life for other people is what I've spent a fair chunk of my time doing.

I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.

I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law.

Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.

I support making sure that there are legal protects for everyone.