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" I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need. "

Christine Gregoire

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" These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. "

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" Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically. "

" Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them. "

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" It is time for us to turn a corner and come together, put our differences behind us and focus on the future. "

Christine Gregoire

" I try to encourage myself to act in a way that supports gender equality, and I call that feminist. Whatever word people want to use to call that, I'm not really attached to a label. "

" The moral case for gender equality is obvious. It should not need any explanation. "

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" I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood. "

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" There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life. "

" It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand. "

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" Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way. "

" We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law. "

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" I'm proud to be a feminist because making sure that everyone understands we all have a role in fighting for equality is the only way to move forward. "

" A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. "

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" What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force. "

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" Why did mainstream America come to accept marriage equality? Gay leaders had made a convincing case that gay families were like straight families and should have the same rights. The American spirit of fair play had been invoked. "

" Effective use of Braille is as important to the blind as independent mobility, knowledge in the use of adaptive technology, and the core belief that equality, opportunity and security are truly possible for all people who are blind. "

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" I'm free. I'm free to say what I feel. "

Christine Gregoire