Equality Quote by Mike Quigley

We've seen it again and again. From civil rights to women's rights to marriage rights, this country has reinvented itself in the quest to…

— Mike Quigley

The nation was founded and "dedicated," to use Lincoln's language in the "Gettysburg Address," to equality as a "self-evident truth." But this very principle…

— Ronald Takaki

“The evolution of national unity and equal rights is all about what America represents as a nation today: a manifestation of the historical episodes…

— Patrick Mendis

Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider essential, whether…

— Eric Foner

“Over a century ago, prodded by the demands of four million men and women just emerging from slavery, Americans made their first attempt to…

— Eric Foner

To find equality for mankind, we must first remove the barriers that have divided us for so long.

— Robert M. Hensel

The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way.

— Martha Plimpton

We've lost leaders from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King, Jr. and countless others who have worked to bend the arc of the universe…

— Ralph Northam

My idea is that we've worked so many years for equality, but the only area where we've achieved equality, with men, is in job…

— Carolyn Maloney

Equality has long been the end goal of historically oppressed populations in the United States.

— Ritchie Torres

“On the side of the Union,” Lincoln said, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose…

— Allen C. Guelzo

“In a period of less than 150 years, to progress from slavery to Pennsylvania Avenue speaks volumes about this family and our nation. Distracted…

— Megan Smolenyak