Equality Quotes · Page 41

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

— Abraham Lincoln

“A job should be given to those who deserve it, not those who demand it.”

— Amit Kalantri

Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality.

— Jesse Jackson

Talking about freedom in the country where people are afraid of losing their jobs is absurdity.

— Ilkin Santak

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

— Honore de Balzac

“Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, "It isn't fair" about everything else.”

— Lois Lowry

I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.

— Yuna

He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

— Confucius

The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts…

— Gloria Steinem

The Ledbetter Act is aimed at equality. But individuals are not equal. We all have different talents, resources, interests, abilities, educations, and…

— Kane

“The object of civil society is justice, not truth, virtue, wealth, knowledge, glory or power. Justice is followed by equality and liberty.”

— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

The foundation on which (our government is) built is the natural equality of man, the denial of every pre-eminence but that annexed…

— Thomas Jefferson

As we celebrate the considerable progress we've made toward full equality in our military, we cannot forget about those who continue to…

— Mark Pocan

Equality assertion of all cultures is disrespectful against human achievements. It is absurdity that the philosophy which got tangled at the level…

— Ilkin Santak

“Our world needs brutality and cruelty to sustain its equality and justice. Without it, handsome guys and beautiful ladies will fuck everyone…

— M.F. Moonzajer

If increasing income equality is the goal, it might be wiser to put money into infrastructure than to subsidize manufacturing. Construction also…

— Christina Romer

...We're people and we're different, all of us. And we should be using our differences to bring ourselves closer together. You know?…

— Justin Timberlake

The idea of equality is a by-product of the sentiment of envy. Since it must always prove beyond human ower to raise…

— Rafael Sabatini

Were the talents and virtues, which Heaven has bestowed on men, given merely to make then more obedient drudges, to be sacrificed…

— Samuel Adams

Everybody deserves fair treatment, equal treatment in the eyes of the law and the state. And that includes gays, lesbians, transgender persons.…

— Barack Obama

I certainly embrace all the movement that's going on these days about equality for women and equal rights. In general, I would…

— Julie Andrews

“The invaders brought into Britain a principle common to all Germanic tribes, namely, the use of the money power to regulate all…

— Winston S. Churchill

“It is an amazing contradiction: a society that frowns on a woman going out without a man; that forces you to use…

— Manal al-Sharif

“Rich and poor live together in equality. The same food and similar houses are shared by all; wherefore they cannot envy each…

— Mark Kurlansky

Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice.

— LeCrae

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It is next worst to receiving one

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“People fight foe equality but to the first chance for domination.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

We have the data to prove to men that gender equality is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win.

— Michael Kimmel

It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

So, instead of spending my strength quarreling with the hand, I would strike for the heart of that great tyranny.

— Jane Swisshelm

“I stand for peace, choice, and a life of dignity for all humankind - regardless of skin color, gender, or religion.”

— Elena Levon

Victims of crime deserve equal constitutional rights - the same rights as defendants. No more, no less.

— Chris Sununu

“Equality was thus conceived in terms of the relative position of individuals, the rules governing their interactions,”

— Pierre Rosanvallon

“She is not my equal; she is my better. She is my sticky little leaf.”

— Sylvain Reynard

“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.”

— John Locke

Any government I lead will continue with the equality of gay and lesbian people.

— David Cameron

Treating people equally means everyone gets the same pair of shoes. Treating them equitably means those shoes fit.

— Anonymous

I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights.

— Megawati Sukarnoputri

It is a sobering thought that animals could do without man, yet man would find it almost impossible to do without animals.

— Ruth Harrison

Treating people the same is not equal treatment if they are not the same.

— Deborah Tannen