Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society.

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

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together.

The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

The way forward is always found through greater respect for the equal rights of all.

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

There can be no democratic society where the interests of any minority … are not protected.

Citizenship in a diverse society means living with our deepest differences and committing ourselves to work for public policies that are in the best interest of all individuals, families, communities and our nation.

The story of America is the story of an ever widening circle of human care and responsibility.

Irishmen and Irishwomen! treat the colored people as your equals, as brethren.

We are all Jews now.

I found no better way of dealing with the race problem as to interact with all other people as if discrimination did not exist.

The first requisite for the progress of a nation is the brotherhood and unity amongst sections of the society.

Is the Jew a man? He is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh, my fellow; and he shall not, if I can prevent it, be a slave! I demand for him equal rights and privileges, and a place within the pale of the Constitution!" Let all the people say, Even so, AMEN!

To help keep diversity a wellspring of strength and make America a better place for all, I pledge to have respect for people whose abilities, beliefs, culture, race, sexual identity or other characteristics are different from my own.

One united people, regardless of race, language or religion.

I love being the mayor of a city that is not defined by the hate filled act of a killer, but is defined by the way we respond: The Love and Compassion and Unity.

Every American in uniform, in the White House or at home - USA! USA! USA! - we must be a force for unity in America, for a vision that includes all of us. All of us. Every man and woman, every race, every ethnicity, every faith and creed, including the Americans who are our precious Muslims. And every gender and every gender orientation.

While Donald Trump is busy insulting one group after another, Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Yes. We become stronger when black and white, Latino, Asian-American, Native American - when all of us stand together.

If we want to change this culture of hate and bigotry, every one of us must stand up and speak with one voice to condemn it, because an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.