Equality Quotes
1425 quotes by 901 authors
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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea…
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
— Margaret Thatcher
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Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.
— Charlize Theron
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I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who…
— Olivia Thirlby
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One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the…
— Marlo Thomas
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In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was…
— Marlo Thomas
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I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not…
— Brad Thor
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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.
— Lionel Trilling
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From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a…
— Paul Tsongas
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We are all alike, on the inside.
— Mark Twain
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I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
— Voltaire
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I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide…
— Rick Warren
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The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs…
— Simone Weil
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Take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the…
— Allen West
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It's just better to promote love and fairness and equality than it is to promote something you think is based on your religious beliefs.
— Jane Wiedlin
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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
— Oscar Wilde
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