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- Nov 07, 2020
Equal Opportunity Quotes
On fairness, markets, and every child's potential.
These equal opportunity quotes debate whether true fairness is realistic and how open markets are said to create a level playing field. For more on aspiration, see our Dreams quotes.
- Last Updated on Aug 02, 2026
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not arguing for a utopian society; equal opportunity for all, though ideal, is unrealistic.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Private markets, where everyone has an equal opportunity is the only system that works.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in America where each and every person has the equal opportunity to take their iPhone or a smartphone and create something and put it online and have the equal ability to blow up and be successful. It's a tool I hope we inspire tons of people to pick up and go after their dreams.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
We deal here with the right of all of our children, whatever their race, to an equal start in life and to an equal opportunity to reach their full potential as citizens. Those children who have been denied that right in the past deserve better than to see fences thrown up to deny them that right in the future.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
We owe every student in every neighborhood in New Jersey an equal opportunity to succeed. We know that more money, alone, is not the answer. We need to redefine success, and how we pursue that success, by the outcomes obtained by students.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The days of noblesse oblige are long behind us, so our elite's entire claim to legitimacy rests on theories of equal opportunity and upward mobility, and the promise that 'merit' correlates with talents and deserts.
- Guilty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an equal opportunity reader - although I don't much read plays. And since I was raised a Presbyterian, pretty much all pleasures are guilty.
- Equal
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- Nov 07, 2020
As trust in institutions erodes, the basic assumptions of fairness, shared values, and equal opportunity traditionally upheld by 'the system' are no longer taken for granted.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of peoples lives?
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an equal opportunity womb!
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Diversity in the industry is very lacking, and equal opportunity comes very far and few between for people of color.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020