An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.
– DaShanne Stokes
Related Quotes:
- An institution rooted in slavery can never set us free. – DaShanne Stokes
- An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution that cannot go wrong. – GK Chesterton
- Marriage is a fine institution, but I’m not ready for an institution. – Mae West
- Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution? – HL Mencken
- Respect is not creative … Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore -” and then you get something out of her. – Karl Lagerfeld
- Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution? – Groucho Marx
- Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard. – DaShanne Stokes
- People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible. – DaShanne Stokes
- The biggest form of slavery is the slavery to fear – Sunday Adelaja
- Slavery of the soul is worst than the slavery of the flesh….. – Patience Johnson
- An unbelieving world may say otherwise, but so-called -œsexual liberation- is actually sexual slavery-”slavery to our own lusts. – Billy Graham
- Negro Slavery is an evil of Colossal magnitude and I am utterly averse to the admission of Slavery into the Missouri Territories. – John Adams
- A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws. – DaShanne Stokes
- Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people. – DaShanne Stokes
- The history of your world is filled with the voice of the victor, the voice of power, although it was not always a voice of sanity, by any means. – Barbara Marciniak
- I will have my serpent’s tongue – my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence. – Gloria E Anzalda
- The power of love is that it sees all people. – DaShanne Stokes
- People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it’s not being in loving homes that hurts children most. – DaShanne Stokes
- One of the most important qualities of a president is the ability to inspire, to bring people together for the common good. – DaShanne Stokes
- No matter their party, people with a conflict of interest should be banned from the Electoral College. – DaShanne Stokes
- Today’s ‘religious freedom’ policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege doesn’t just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity. – DaShanne Stokes
- Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it’s ‘tradition. – DaShanne Stokes
- People often call fighting discrimination being ‘PC’ because they don’t want their own unearned privileges challenged. – DaShanne Stokes
- It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections. – DaShanne Stokes
- People often call fighting racism being ‘PC’ when they don’t want to confront their own prejudice – DaShanne Stokes
- Suddenly, a voice called from the darkness. Taylor leapt like a salmon, then became rooted to the spot like a tin of salmon. – Mark Jackman
- There was a marvelous, dark lyricism in his voice, the kind of defiance that is rooted in deep loneliness. – Tom Robbins
- Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget. – Bill T Jones
- Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That’s no way to live. – DaShanne Stokes
- A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence. – DaShanne Stokes
- Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic. – DaShanne Stokes
- Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out. – DaShanne Stokes
- Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn’t change. – DaShanne Stokes
- Saying it’s hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it’s difficult being wealthy. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against. – DaShanne Stokes
- Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It’s progress. – DaShanne Stokes
- Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves. – DaShanne Stokes