Equality Quotes

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No matter if the science is all phoney, there are collateral environmental benefits.... climate change [provides] the greatest chance to bring about justice and equality… — Christine Stewart
We are thus brought to a conception of Democracy not merely as a sentiment which desires the well-being of all men, nor yet as a… — Jane Addams
Democracies have been, and governments called, free; but the spirit of independence and the consciousness of unalienable rights, were never before transfused into the minds… — Sarah Josepha Hale
If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed. — Howard Mumford Jones
Human rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality. — Tony Fernandes
Laws that require equal protections reinforce the moral imperative of equality. — Hillary Clinton
Most important, [research on affirmative action] has completely failed to show that affirmative action ever closes the academic gap between minorities and whites. And failing… — Shelby Steele
You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race,… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it. — Ha-Joon Chang
It is, let me say, at the very least by no means self-evident that there is more liberty, equality, and fraternity in the world today… — Immanuel Wallerstein
We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however,… — Rebecca Hall
Catholics can in no way convince themselves that so enormous and unjust an in equality in the distribution of this world's goods truly conforms to… — Pope Pius XI
they have no business administering government policies in a country that favors freedom and equality. ... Can you imagine having the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as… — Pat Robertson
Environmental challenges have the power to deny equality of opportunity and hold back the progress of communities. — Lisa P. Jackson
In life you may be poor or rich, but death is the great equalizer. The greatest communism is in death. Howsoever you live, it makes… — Rajneesh
Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree. — George Bernard Shaw
The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality. — Bobby Fischer
Herein, lies the key to love. Love builds bridges. Soul exists because God loves It. Soul equals Soul; no one Soul is greater than another.… — Harold Klemp
For every low there is an equal but opposite high. — Norman Cousins
It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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