"When you achieve equality, and freedom, and..." - Quote by Kamala Harris
When you achieve equality, and freedom, and fairness, it's not because I grant it to you. It's because you fought for it because it is your right. This is not about benevolence or charity; it is about every human being's God-given right.
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“Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.”
“Culture is - it is a reflection of our moment in our time, right? And in present culture is the way we express how we're feeling about the moment.”
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More on Equality
“The moral equalizes all; enriches, empowers all. It is the coin which buys all, and which all find in their pocket. Under the whipof the driver, the slave shall feel his equality with saints and heroes.”
“Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths. However, all of us are the same in being humans, and we all uniquely have the thought of 'I' and we're all the same in wanting happiness and in wanting to avoid suffering.”
“If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity.”