Equality Quotes · Page 50

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

In joy and sorrow all are equal, Thus be guardian of all, as of yourself.

— Shantideva

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.

— Nicola Sturgeon

[Woman's] life-long economic parasitism has utterly blurred her conception of the meaning of equality.

— Emma Goldman

“Justice means equality for equals, and inequality for unequals.”

— C.S. Lewis

Gay and lesbian people are equal. They deserve equal protection of the laws, and they deserve it now.

— Donald Verrilli Jr

“Despite all the progress that we have made in the world, gender equality is still not pervasive in all parts of our…

— Avijeet Das

As long as countries wave chequebooks over our heads, we can never be equal.

— Louise Mushikiwabo

If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the…

— Jan Smuts

Democracy and equality try to denythe mystic recognition of difference and innate priority, the joy of obedience and the sacred responsibility of…

— D. H. Lawrence

“A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes. I…

— Anonymous

[On the ERA Equality March:] It's the funniest thing. I don't feel there's any discrimination. I know my husband feels that way.

— Pat Nixon

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.

— Anonymous

Toleration of people who differ in convictions and habits requires a residual awareness of the complexity of truth and the possibility of…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

The real implication of equal distribution is that each man shall have the wherewithal to supply all his natural needs and no…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The ideology of BJP is an anathema to social justice, equality, democracy, fraternity, secularism and federalism, the values cherished and espoused by…

— M. K. Stalin

“Although people are such beings that if there were only three of them in the world, one of them would have been…

— Osyp Nazaruk

The theme of the Labor Department's centennial is 'Then, Now, Next.' So in honoring Esther Peterson, we look not just to the…

— Tom Perez

“The imposition of the inevitability--that the everyday must unfold in particular ways and that all bodies should behave similarly--creates parity among actors,…

— Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

As a member of the Democratic Women's Working Group and Co-Chair of the Congressional Seniors Task Force, I will keep fighting for…

— Jan Schakowsky

“Never having experienced inequality, therefore, the majority of straight white men will be absolutely oblivious to their own advantages – not because…

— Foz Meadows

“...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treated working women…

— Karl Marx

“Falsafa ya Usawa kwa Watu na Vitu Vyote ya Yin-Yang ya Kichina ni falsafa inayotumiwa na Wachina, kujifunza sanaa ya mapigano na…

— Enock Maregesi

I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field.…

— Carol Moseley Braun

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

— Maya Angelou

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

— Eldridge Cleaver

To a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war.

— Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish.

— Heinrich Heine

[A]lthough the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.

— Barack Obama

I believe that we are all equal eventhough we might be different or come from different homes,but we are equal you know.

— Usiphile Sizwe Thabani Ngobe

When we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer.

— Miguel de Cervantes

If citizen is legally forced to recognize the sovereignty of the state - there cannot be any speech about freedom.

— Ilkin Santak

Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior

— Marilyn French

Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent…

— Fran Lebowitz

We're not going to be the first to this party, but we're going to be the best.

— Steve Jobs

True love is when 2 people care, trust and are passionate about each other equally.

— Anonymous

Is word, sound, and powa dat break down de barriers of oppression an drive away transgression an rule equality.

— Peter Tosh

In the future, human rights will be increasingly a universal criterion for designing ethical systems.

— Mahnaz Afkhami

That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.

— John Hume

I'm not at every party; I'm not seen everywhere. That's why people still care about my brand.

— Foxy Brown