QUOTES
Just
imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect
world is one in which we really appreciated each other's differences: Short, tall;
Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight--a world in which all of us
are equal, but definitely not the same.
"How
I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
We cannot
let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
The
idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might
have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the
issues facing the country.
Everything
good that has happened in this country is founded on the ideology of liberalism.
Liberals in the past were liberators who fought for a woman's right to vote, and
fought to end segregation in the United States and then to end apartheid in South
Africa. Thanks to liberals, today we have public education, Social Security, Medicare
and Medicaid, environmental protection laws, a minimum wage law...among many other
wonderful programs. Such a label should be worn with a badge of honor and defended
by Democrats, not allowed to be used as slander by the Right Wing.
"I
am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals
were liberators—they fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote,
fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid.
Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's
to be ashamed of?"
