Frances Wright Quotes

We must restore the emotional relationship that people have to the idea of America, that no matter where you come from, no matter where you live, that you have access to the same opportunities that somebody who is born in privilege.

It is not charity but a right, not bounty but justice, that I am pleading for.

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: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.

President Obama is a principled man who has worked hard to put healthcare and a good education in the reach of millions of Americans and believes that everyone who works hard and plays by the rules, should have a fair shot at the American dream.

Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of justice.

The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society.

Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

... equal responsibilities are less popular than equal rights.

Equal Rights

Stronger than all the armies is the idea whose time has come. The time has come for equality in sharing in government and education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here.

We seek ... not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and as a result.

Equal opportunity for all, special privilege for none.

You are the stars and the world is watching you. By your presence you send a message to every village, every city, every nation. A message of hope. A message of victory. The right to play on any playing field? You have earned it. The right to study in any school? You have earned it. The right to hold a job? You have earned it. The right to anyone's neighbor? You have earned it.

… all men have equal rights; but not to equal things.

We [Chicago] are known as the city that works. You gotta make sure it works for everybody and not just a few.

The equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and wellbeing - that is, the same rights we proclaimed when we began our struggle, in addition to those which emerge from our dreams of justice and equality for all inhabitants of our world - is what I wish for all.

We are building together a nation in which there are no second-class Australians.

At its core, a fair and just society is one where opportunity is open to all - not just those at the top.

I am committed to leveling the playing field and expanding opportunity to all.

For me, it's simple: everybody deserves the same rights.