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Equal Opportunity Quotes

On fairness, markets, and every child's potential.

These equal opportunity quotes debate whether true fairness is realistic and how open markets are said to create a level playing field. For more on aspiration, see our Dreams quotes.

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While our country has made great strides in breaking down the barriers which for so long denied equal opportunity to all Americans, we are not yet the beautiful symphony of brotherhood of Dr. King's dream.

Quotes by Adam Schiff

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I am not arguing for a utopian society; equal opportunity for all, though ideal, is unrealistic.

Quotes by Tulsi Tanti

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Private markets, where everyone has an equal opportunity is the only system that works.

Quotes by Trish Regan

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We live in America where each and every person has the equal opportunity to take their iPhone or a smartphone and create something and put it online and have the equal ability to blow up and be successful. It's a...

Quotes by Todrick Hall

Believe Quotes

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We deal here with the right of all of our children, whatever their race, to an equal start in life and to an equal opportunity to reach their full potential as citizens. Those children who have been denied that right...

Quotes by Thurgood Marshall

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We owe every student in every neighborhood in New Jersey an equal opportunity to succeed. We know that more money, alone, is not the answer. We need to redefine success, and how we pursue that success, by the outcomes obtained...

Quotes by Thomas Kean, Jr.

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I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good...

Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

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I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.

Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

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The days of noblesse oblige are long behind us, so our elite's entire claim to legitimacy rests on theories of equal opportunity and upward mobility, and the promise that 'merit' correlates with talents and deserts.

Quotes by Ross Douthat

Democracy Quotes

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I'm an equal opportunity reader - although I don't much read plays. And since I was raised a Presbyterian, pretty much all pleasures are guilty.

Quotes by Richard Ford

Others focus on giving every child a fair start toward reaching their full potential, regardless of background. Explore our Education and Democracy quotes for more.