Equal rights Quotes · Page 7

“...if you are the exception that proves the rule, and the rule is that woman are inferior, you haven't made any progress.”

— Ariel Levy

A wise man once said women want equal rights...until its time to knuckle up!

— Anonymous

Equal rights for the sexes will be achieved only when mediocre women occupy high positions.

— Francoise Giroud

The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent.

— Mahnaz Afkhami

The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.

— Thomas Jefferson

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is…

— Emma Goldman

Everybody has his place; everybody is equal. Treated equally, equal standing, equal rights and status.

— Lee Hsien Loong

I'm always going to support the LGBT community and equal rights for the LGBT community.

— Sara Ramirez

I would love to play Nefertiti or Cleopatra or the Queen of Sheba. We preserve more male history than we do female.…

— Zoe Saldana

I'm happy to say I'm a feminist. Being a feminist is just believing in equal rights. Man, woman, gay, straight, black, white…

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

If globalization is to succeed, it must succeed for poor and rich alike. It must deliver rights no less than riches. It…

— Kofi Annan

The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what…

— Helene Deutsch

“Same-sex couples should have equal rights to full benefits both state and federal level. I support repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell because…

— Hillary Clinton

Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to…

— John F. Kennedy

In the women's movement, women needed men to stand up and say, 'This isn't right.' In the civil rights of the '60s,…

— Pauley Perrette

I'd like to see a rebirth of America - go back where there's equal rights for everybody and that people succeed to…

— Charles Koch

While the President [Barack Obama] did a good thing when he said he personally supported equal marriage, he then quickly backed away…

— Jill Stein

My greatest disappointment in all the projects I worked on during the White House years was the failure of the Equal Rights…

— Rosalynn Carter

“When the day comes in which the Kingdom of God will bear rule, the flag of the United States will proudly flutter…

— Brigham Young

Money, power, love, sex (until they get married), adulation, children, and control. Of these, children cause the most trouble. Women also want…

— Larry L. King

The government being the people's business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view.…

— Anonymous

Zionism is an abominable, racist and colonial movement. Like all colonial and apartheid systems, it's in the interest of all that it…

— Vittorio Arrigoni

In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent…

— June Jordan

“Sweden opted for the latter, deciding that the only correct course was to work toward eliminating prostitution and creating a society based…

— Victor Malarek

I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess in order to have a few rights.

— Inez Milholland

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.

— Adam Ferguson

The rights of the weak are not weaker rights, but are completely equal to the rights of the strong.

— Dionigi Tettamanzi

Well, I think I’m a feminist, just by the virtue of the fact that I believe in equal rights for everyone.

— Daniel Radcliffe

We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law.

— Lucy Stone

“True progress begins when we treat every soul with the respect and opportunities they deserve.”

— Jyoti Patel

Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right…

— Louise Slaughter

Women are already born so far ahead ability-wise. The day men can give birth, that's when we can start talking about equal…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.

— Dr. Seuss

Women's fight for equal rights is essentially a humanist and peaceful struggle for true democracy, and a higher form of civilization.

— Leyla Zana

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.

— Thomas Jefferson

I don't mind it if blacks want equal rights, as long as they mean rights equal to a dog

— Zach Braff

The constitution of Soviet Russia must insure equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex, creed, race, or nationality.

— Vladimir Lenin

Well, it's hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn't have equal rights.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jim Crow is alive and it's dressed in a Brooks Brothers suit, my friend, instead of a white robe.

— Myrlie Evers-Williams