Equality Quotes

The fear of capitalism has compelled socialism to widen freedom, and the fear of socialism has compelled capitalism to increase equality. East is West and West is East, and soon the twain will meet.

You mix the affluence of the white and the poverty of the black and you do not get a civilized society. Integration on an equal level is one thing. Mixing on an unequal level is another.

It's not just a question of numbers. There will be more women (in parliament) who are conscious of women's rights ... There will also be women who are not committed to equality.

In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.

Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all mean are created free and equal.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Equality and freedom are not luxuries to lightly cast aside. Without them, order cannot long endure before approaching depths beyond imagining.

We must imbue our children with principles of the higher-self, principles which see all people as true equals, and above all, which are sensitive to the delicate and fragile balance of life.

The woman has the right to be emancipated from the position of a drudge or a toy. She is entitled to a full equality in rights with man.

Love needs the stiffening of respect, the give and take of equality.

Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity.

He who confuses political liberty with freedom and political equality with similarity has never thought for five minutes about either.

If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments...?

Prison is a Socialist paradise where equality prevails, everything is supplied, and competition is eliminated.

Women won't have total equality until men can get pregnant.

How can I even secretly harbour the thought that my neighbour's faith is inferior to mine?

I have never been prouder to be a lifelong New Yorker than I am today with the passage of marriage equality.

This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.

For religion all men are equal, as all pennies are equal, because the only value of any of them is that they bear the image of the king.

I think the most important thing for any driver is to know that he's getting equality of equipment and priority.

And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.

I believe the Republican Party is the party of the open door. Our party is the party of opportunity and freedom and equality, and it always will remain such.

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws

I'm just about equality, period. It's not like, I'm a woman, women should be in charge! I just want there to be equality for everybody.

Economic equality is the master-key to nonviolent independence.

An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.

We know that the only way to achieve equality is if both men and women want to achieve equality. We also know that equality is not just the right thing to do for men, it is a good thing to do.

He wasn't someone fighting for racial equality. He was the leader of a violent, Communist revolution that has nearly succeeded in all of its grisly horror.

[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do as a human being.

I will return to Libya and undertake my duties and obligations to bring equality within the chaos.

I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social equality. I think this is inevitable.

I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.

As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of all citizens before the law prevail.

I've supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality and fairness for all.

Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.

Welcome to Israel, where chanting “Death to Arabs” is democracy, running over children is equality, and firing on funerals is peace.

The murkiness of Donald Trump's position is really what distinguishes him from other Republican nominees and contenders who have been steadfast in their opposition to LGBTQ equality.

The equality of play was a surprise-it was the most competitive race in the seven-year history of MLS.

Equality is a nice idea, but it's entirely impossible to prove.

True, it is evil that a single man should crush the herd, but see not there the worse form of slavery, which is when the herd crushes out the man.

I suppose true sexual equality will come when a general called Anthea is found having an unwise lunch with a young, unreliable model from Spain.

Inequality is a fact. Equality is a value.

There's a huge difference in the attitude of the people of the United States of America toward women in politics. It has taken an enormous turn toward equality.

Justice is Equality...but equality of what?

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

The goal of equality seems to disproportionately burden women, since it's assumed that they have to assume more responsibility, while men can remain the status quo.

You can never have 'equality' between two things that are not equal by definition. And so, for example, you can have equality among 'people', but not between 'men' and 'women'.