Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions. When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting. But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win. Benjamin Todd Jealous Read Quote
There’s sort of a persistent misperception that talking about race is black folk’s burden. Ultimately, only men can end sexism, and only white people can end racism. Benjamin Todd Jealous Read Quote
Let us invest less and less in war and tax cuts for the richest 1 percent, and more and more in jobs and schools for the other 99 percent. Benjamin Todd Jealous Read Quote
With all the other -isms that we deal with, that sort of nameless -ism that we have in too many of our hearts against the poor in this country is what wounds us most broadly. Benjamin Todd Jealous Read Quote
The difference between a child’s aspiration and that family’s situation, is the exact measurement of that family’s frustrations. Benjamin Todd Jealous Read Quote
I often tell people I don’t care whether they join the NAACP or some other group, but you better join something. Benjamin Todd Jealous Read Quote
We are confident that the Supreme Court will soon see the direction that this country is headed and enshrine marriage as a constitutional right for all. Benjamin Todd Jealous Read Quote
In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction. Benjamin Todd Jealous Read Quote
As an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope. Benjamin Todd Jealous Read Quote
