Minorities Quotes

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I don`t know what all of us can do to continue to press for more women, more minorities, but it`s just something that we all have to work on.

- Connie Chung

(on "political correctness) "You can hardly say anything about minorities now. It has made it extremely difficult to open your mouth."

- Martin Scorsese

The older I get, the more I`m prepared to do things for the money - a reference to stereotypes of minorities in the movies

- Naveen Andrews

I think it is the weak and the young and the minorities that you need to look after to get a healthy creative environment - to get a lot of choices, a lot of different styles of music, a lot experimental stuff that everyone else feeds off.

- Peter Gabriel

If we`re so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren`t they sneaking across the Mexican border to make their way to the Taliban?

- Ann Coulter

(Winning his party`s nomination in 2000 will be considerably easier for Gore if he can lock up the African-American vote, which accounts for as much as a quarter of the Democratic-primary total. So he is courting the party`s most loyal voters at every opportunity. At a time when there is little federal money to spread around, Gore has championed the Administration`s empowerment-zone program, which pours millions of dollars into depressed areas like inner Detroit. During the fall campaign, he visited black churches on Sundays with a rousing sermon that an aide described as) very un-Al Gore, ... The Vice President will not have any problem connecting with ethnic minorities.

- Dennis Archer

I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.

- Lynn Swann

The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It`s bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities.

- Tom Allen

Often the authorities have seemed more concerned with encouraging distinctive identities than with promoting common values of nationhood. We should learn lessons from abroad, from the United States, where pride in the nation`s values is much more prevalent among minorities than here.

- David Davies

I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate.

- Emma Bonino

The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that.

- Emma Bonino

it is a known fact that African-Americans and other minorities have a higher rate of diabetes and other diseases.

- Wendy Moore

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

- Adam Kidron

The reason that minorities and women don`t have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected.

- Alan Burton

Social Security makes up a much larger share of total retirement income for unmarried women and minorities than it does for married couples, unmarried men and whites.

- Alan Tucker

That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America`s minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income.

- Alexander Izosimov

One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.

- Alfredo Alonso

Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.

- Alfredo Alonso

Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy.

- Alger Boyer

In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms.

- Algernon Sidney

The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.

- Alice Paul

Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can`t stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank.

- Almeda Jacks

I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation.

- Andrei Lankov

All else being equal, the president would go for diversity. Women and minorities will be among the candidates considered,

- Angel Fuentes

Because of the pool problem, we did carefully examine law firms and professors as well in looking for good women and minorities to appoint as district judges and appellate judges.

- Angel Fuentes

If he is going to go to war in a nation whose history shows it has never had a democracy -- it has rival tribes, it has minorities that often are antagonistic -- how we`re going to create a government that`s going to work and function and bring about a democracy after we`ve destroyed the infrastructure of the country?

- Angela Ming Bean

Some people look like neo-nazis or skinheads, but do not have the same ideology of hatred. They would not attack minorities and single them out.

- Anne Fogarty

The biggest problem obstructing our progress was finding businesses owned by minorities that met the needs of the University.

- Anne Kinney

As minorities, it is always our dream to merge our cultures and showcase to the world the talent that comes from both Latin music and Hip-Hop, ... I hope that together,we can create a new cultural movement that unites these audiences.

- Antonio Corona

It will create an academic and cultural environment where minorities feel comfortable. There should be a campus climate congenial to a diverse student body. This will be dedicated to promoting cultural and ethnic diversity on campus.

- Antonio Robinson

ethnic minorities were more likely than Whites to receive a lower quality of healthcare even among the insured and higher income minority populations.

- Audri Lanford

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

- Ayn Rand

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

- Wendell Phillips