“It is no brave thing to stand with the powerful against those who dare live differently, it’s the easiest and most comfortable choice you can make.”— Brandy Jensen, jezebel.com
“People who preach racism and bigotry for their own political power try to slice and divide this country against itself.”— Cory Booker, cbsnews.com
“Let’s lay it right on the line. Bigotry and racism are among the deadliest social ills plaguing the world today. But, unlike a team of costumed super-villains, they can’t be halted with a punch in the snoot, or a zap from a ray gun. The only way to destroy them is to expose them – to reveal them for…”— Stan Lee, inverse.com
“I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com
“Sometimes, those who think they are the most open minded can display the strongest bigotry against those who they think they are superior to. I'm not saying that's what is going on here, but I am just saying we should be wary of doing that. Wary of othering 'cos we feel 'smarter.'”— Yasmin Abdel-Magied, twitter.com
“In my statement I cited the major lesson I had learned in fighting for human rights for 50 years for people all over the world. That lesson is simple: no group is ultimately safe from prejudice, bigotry, and harassment so long as any group is subject to special negative treatment.”— Bayard Rustin, huffingtonpost.com
“I hear them say go home, I hear them say fucking immigrants, fucking refugees. Are they really this arrogant? Do they not know that stability is like a lover with a sweet mouth upon your body one second; the next you are a tremor lying on the floor covered in rubble and old currency waiting for its…”— Warsan Sire, amazon.com
“We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood. This sets the stage for further repression and violence that spread all too easily to victimize the next minority group…”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race—the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress yo…”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com