Deborah Birx Quotes

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

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.

Achieving legal rights is only a first step in achieving equality.

People need to see signs of equal treatment across society.

We need to fight for the equal rights of citizens.

My life won't have full quality until we achieve equality for all.

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.

Do you know what social justice is? Do you know what social reform is? I didn't either, but reform and social justice are what I intend to do.

You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.

We live in a world where equality is pretty important.

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

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.

Social justice is what drives me; it's why I'm here.

Equal Rights

If the spirit of equality means anything, it means like opportunity, and if we once lose like opportunity, we lose the only chance we have toward equality throughout the nation.

Subsection (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability

I see social mobility and equality of opportunity as really successful Canadian values.

The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity.

We'll continue to hold America to the standard it says on paper that we're all created equal because it's not that way right now. But we're going to keep pushing towards that.

I've always been bothered by systems that don't work for everybody. It doesn't mean we're all equal. I am not naive about that. But we should have a more inclusive society.

As Democrats, we believe in fairness and opportunity.

I'm going to be an advocate to ensure that we are protecting everyone, and we're tearing down barriers and not building barriers.

I learned early on about the real meaning of equity and inclusion, and that when those guiding principles are not met, they can have devastating effects on individuals, families, and communities.

You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights.