Equality Quotes · Page 48

We are equal inhabitants of a paradise of individuals in which everybody has the right to be understood.

— Richard Rorty

I will always support legislation which respects and values life.

— Gresham Barrett

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

— Bobby Fischer

We cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.

— George Bernard Shaw

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

— Anonymous

Judge a man not by how he treats his equals but by how he treats his inferiors.

— Charlie Chaplin

“We have been sincere from beginning to end," said I, "and if anyone is sincere he is right.”

— Anton Chekhov

Reality has changed, and we changed with it. However, I never changed sides. I have always been on the side of justice,…

— Dilma Rousseff

The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I'm not a concept. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to 'make them alive'…but…

— Charlie Kaufman

We call upon all communities to be tolerant, to reject prejudice based on caste, creed, sect, colour, religion or agenda to ensure…

— Malala Yousafzai

Gender equality, historically has been predominantly a women's movement for women. But I think the impact of gender inequality and how it's…

— Emma Watson

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting…

— Helen Suzman

“Because we have accepted the view that there is a trade-off between equality and liberty, we think we have to choose. Lately,…

— Danielle S. Allen

... the danger of illicit sex influences is, and always has been, in inverse proportion to the degree to which women approximatedto…

— Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

“Beauty" and sexuality are both commonly misunderstood as some transcendent inevitable fact; falsely interlocking the two makes it seem doubly true that…

— Naomi Wolf

At the turn of the last century, extremists were forced back to the political fringes while younger politicians resurrected the vitality of…

— Heather Cox Richardson

“I hope I’m being clear, I didn’t say I hate feminists, that would be weird. I said I hate feminist. I’m talking…

— Joss Whedon

The day-to-day microaggressions that we all face, yeah, you have to let some stuff slide, or you go, 'I gotta keep moving;…

— Hasan Minhaj

“But sometimes...sometimes I wake with a mad thought in my head: What if that boy's life mattered as much as anyone else's,…

— Steven Saylor

Among the laws controlling human societies there is one more precise and clearer, it seems to me, than all the others. If…

— Alexis De Tocqueville

“Just when you thought change had happened, that acceptance and equal rights were the norm, a throwaway comment, or unguarded phrase revealed…

— Lisa Hartley

I'm aware of what I am, but I focus so much on myself as a musician and as an artist that I…

— Jennifer Lee

Love is nourishment that does not discriminate or expire; anyone can have it at any time

— Melchor Lim

Juneteenth represents a time to embrace freedom and commemorate the tireless efforts of those who advocated for equality.

— Al N. Green

The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.

— Max Eastman

To find equality for mankind, we must first remove the barriers that have divided us for so long.

— Robert M. Hensel

Seeking equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do.

— Patrick Leahy

“The natural and untainted male mind respects and loves the woman and her magnificent scope of capability and creative gifts.”

— Bryant McGill

Whoever comes to me, will be free and equal, because I am freedom.

— Adam Mickiewicz

The difference between a martyr and a cannon fodder is not far from the difference between a scout and a spy.

— Ilkin Santak

There can be little doubt that many egalitarians are motivated at least partly by envy.

— Henry Hazlitt

Nature has made men free and equal. The distinctions necessary for social order are only founded on general utility.

— Marquis de Lafayette

Dont ever worry about wasting peoples time. Believe you are equal to them.

— Karen Loomis

Equal pay for equal work is a fundamental concept of labor agreements.

— Gabrielle Carteris

Prison is a Socialist paradise where equality prevails, everything is supplied, and competition is eliminated.

— Elbert Hubbard

My ultimate goal is a statewide non-discrimination law with broad protections, and I will keep striving for it.

— Roy Cooper

We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.

— Blake Mycoskie

All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with a mighty urge to become otherwise.

— Evan Esar