Equality Quotes · Page 57

When we talk about pay equality, I think we're misunderstanding where the problem lies.

— Stacy Martin

“Equality is that all sheep eat from the same grass,...but the Power belongs to the shepherd.”

— Aladeen Othman

“All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop those talents.”

— John F. Kennedy

Equality ... like freedom, exists only where you are now. Only as an egg in the womb are we all equal.

— Oriana Fallaci

For if all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized.

— Thomas Hobbes

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

— Nicola Sturgeon

We need to realise that we're all different but equal at the same time.

— Kalidou Koulibaly

I believe in civil rights. Every man is born equal and should be treated as human.

— Peter Norman

Emancipation from every kind of bondage is my principle. I go for recognition of human rights, without distinction of sect, party, sex,…

— Ernestine Rose

The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.

— Lord Acton

It is true that not everyone was represented at the table when our country was being birthed... Yet the principles of liberty…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

If men are to remain civilized or to become so, the art of associating together must grow and improve in the same…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The only thing I advocate for is for equality for female athletes because we train just as hard, and we're always having…

— Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

“No one is born with equality. We all come here with varying degrees of opportunities, qualities, strengths, weaknesses, IQ, etc.”

— Brandi L. Bates

It can't be articulated enough, that feminism means the desire to have equality between men and women. I believe that, and I…

— Maya Hawke

“We can either emphasize those aspects of our traditions, religious or secular, that speak of hatred, exclusion, and suspicion or work with…

— Karen Armstrong

Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious ways, a rebel unafraid…

— Henry Rollins

Every president to hold office has espoused some version of Americanism - the truths that we hold self-evident, even when those truths…

— John Ridley

When I got the women's marathon into the Olympics and we had races all over the world I thought, 'That's great, now…

— Kathrine Switzer

I'm a UFC fighter, a macho-type sport. I am a heterosexual guy in a tough macho sport, which is exactly the reason…

— Rashad Evans

Too often girls accept that of course the boys will get better lighting and seating at their sports events, of course the…

— Mariah Nelson

The truth is even though we sort of feel like we have equal rights in America, right under the surface we have…

— Patricia Arquette

After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn't require any religious denomination to alter…

— Tim Johnson

One of my own kids was in a class with a friend who had two mums, and that was absolutely normal right…

— Andrea Leadsom

All the great religions of the world inculcate equality and brotherhood of mankind and the virtue of toleration.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Give me the centralism of liberty; give me the imperialism of equal rights.

— Charles Sumner

Equality for all is what we should all want, between race, religion, gender, sexuality... it doesn't matter.

— Sonya Deville

In Minnesota, we have already enshrined the protections included in the Equality Act, and it has made our state stronger.

— Dean Phillips

“My spirituality has to do with equality, ethics and accountability, not aura, incense and vibration.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.

— Christy Turlington

The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies.

— Jacques Maritain

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

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“She hadn't ascribed to this modern notion of equality between the sexes. Woman were patently superior.”

— Laura Kinsale

I was always like that, at 5 years old, just demanding equality. I thought it could all be fixed if you called…

— Amy Schumer

The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

— Cyril Connolly

As an elected official, an advocate for children, and an educator, Glenn Poshard has always fought for what's right.

— J. B. Pritzker

Throughout American history, whites have played a significant role in helping blacks secure freedom and equality.

— Jesse Lee Peterson

Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.

— Nicola Sturgeon

What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality.

— Jorge Ramos

My life won't have full quality until we achieve equality for all.

— Sandi Toksvig