Iman Quotes

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Compassion is not a sloppy sentimental feeling for people ... it is an absolutely practical belief that regardless of a person's background, ability or ability to pay, he should be provided with the best that society has to offer.

In order to have a large number of values in common, all members of the group must have an equitable opportunity to receive and to take from others. Members must be able to accept each other’s ideas and must be able to compromise. There must be a large variety of shared undertakings and experiences. Otherwise, the influences … educate some into masters, educate others into slaves.

I'm a Democrat because I want every American to have a fair shot at the American Dream. That's what ties it all together for me, and in my experience, that means recognizing that no one is dealing with life one 'issue' at a time.

You cannot isolate a group and say you're not going to serve their needs.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

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.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.

I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.

I grew up in a country where the environment was very social justice-oriented.

All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.

We must display a heart for every American, and a special passion for those still on the first rung of life's ladder.

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society.

We will not build a society that reflects who we are and that has opportunities for equality or justice if we don't make progress for all participants.

Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.

Rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

My entire life has been guided by a sense of equality, equality for loved ones.

Either you fight for everybody, or you're really just fighting for yourself and people like you.

The strongest, richest, greatest nation in the world shouldn't leave anyone behind.