Eliot Engel Quotes

If you see bigotry, oppose it.

Maine is a lot of things but one thing it will never be is the headquarters for hate groups and organizations of bigots.

I believe nobody should be discriminated against.

Discrimination is not liberal. Arguing against discrimination is not intolerance.

My values - going back to my childhood - were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism.

Nobody should be treated any type of way because of their color, their race, their gender, their socioeconomic status. We're all human.

We must never remain silent in the face of bigotry. We must condemn those who seek to divide us. In all quarters and at all times, we must teach tolerance and denounce racism, anti-Semitism and all ethnic or religious bigotry wherever they exist as unacceptable evils. We have no place for haters in America -- none, whatsoever.

No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way.

We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination.

In some perfect world where human nature is less messy and history less fraught, any and all people who had ever suffered discrimination would find common cause, gathering together under one big anti-bigotry banner.

At the end of the day, if millions of people come together and say, we are not going to be a xenophobic society, we are not going to be throwing millions of Latinos out of this country, we are not going to be a racist society, we're not going to be a sexist society, we will prevail.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me.

All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.

We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.

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 would never belong to any club that excluded anybody for race.

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

Hoosiers don't believe in discrimination.

It doesn't matter what color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc., everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties.

There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.

Racism is ignorant. And it's stupid. And it's old. And it's played out. So beat it already with that, you know what I mean? 'Let's all get along' - I'm so tired of that damn sentence, but it's true.

Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.