Let a man or woman, regardless of his background, go as high as he can. That is the way to build a great economy in America.

The full and equal participation of women is crucial to the strength of our country.

Any action which enhances the dignity of older Americans enhances the dignity of all Americans.

No man can be fully free while his neighbor is not.

We have struck down legal barriers to equality.

I have come as an 'equal among equals' to share with friends and allies our problems, our plans, and our hopes.

The Immigration Act of 1965 does assign quotas on a basis of equality.

Any boy born in America has a chance to grow up and be President.

Learning must erect no barriers of class or creed.

I want this administration to be recognized as one in which we finally achieve full and equal opportunity for persons of every race, color, creed, and nationality.

As long as any American is denied the chance to fully develop and to use his talents, to become all that he can be, then every American is less than he should be.

Whether they were Democrat or Republican, he served them all with equal fidelity and equal wisdom.

I want these honors that we give in Government service, as far as the Government is concerned, to be based not on regions, not on religions, not on race, and not on sex.

Every boy and girl born in this country under that flag has a right to all the education that he or she can take.

We believe in equal opportunity for all, special privilege for none.

The shade of a tree and the beauty of its branches must be always within the reach of our people, young and old, wherever they live.

I have done everything I know how to do to treat all Americans equally and alike and fair.

We will keep moving toward a nation where every man can find work and a fair reward for his labor, where the old can live in decency and the poor can reach for dignity, where no man suffers from fear or hatred and where every man can seek fulfillment and hope.