Political Quotes

“I bring my view that all bigotry is the same from my own experiences growing up in segregated Washington, my work as a young person in the civil rights movement, and my professional life as a civil rights lawyer, former Chair of the New York City Human Rights Committee and former Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. I remain a disciple of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and wish more than ever for his leadership. The bigotry and insensitivity to groups other than one's own that we have seen in recent years are a challenge to me and to others to help revive King's teachings, and my own lifelong personal commitment as well, that anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds against religious and ethnic groups must be exposed and expunged.”