Equality Quotes

Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life.

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.

I didn't change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.

The prerequisite for more economic equality in the world is industrialization. And this is possible only through increased capital investment, increased capital accumulation.

Bah! Suffragettes. I've no time for suffragettes. They made the biggest mistake in history. They went for equality. They should have gone for power!

The only place where you can find equality is in the cemetery.

For love is exultant when it unites equals, but it is triumphant when it makes that which was unequal equal in love.

Human rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality.

My hope for America and the activists is that they never, ever go back to sleep, and they keep fighting for social justice, equality, and decency.

Behind the honeyed but patently absurd pleas for equality is a ruthless drive for placing themselves (the elites) at the top of a new hierarchy of power.

We've got to show that blacks and whites are treated equally in the army. Otherwise, what's the point of waging war on Hitler?

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and oppress its betters, and that is precisely the kind that we mainly have.

Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.

Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now.

I believe in the 12 Jewels and try to provide my childrem with them. That is Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, Freedom, Justice, Equality, Food, Clothing, Shelter, Love, Peace and Happiness.

Vote Love means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote whats right for humanity.

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love.

My main fight is for freedom and equality.

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes.

We have the data to prove to men that gender equality is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win.

Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.

Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice.

The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the system of patriarchy just as men can support the fight for gender equality.

If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.

The thirst for equality can express itself either as a desire to draw everyone down to one's level, or to raise oneself and everyone else up.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

Teach all men to fish, but first teach all men to be fair. Take less, give more. Give more of yourself, take less from the world. Nobody owes you anything, you owe the world everything.

Nothing is so unequal as equality.

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.

Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.

The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

Ethical and cultural desegregation. It is a contradiction in terms to scream race pride and equality while at the same time spurning Negro teachers and self-association.

I think that whatever nationality you are, you should be treated equally, otherwise you don't have equality.

You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.

Will there be a time when equality will exist? I think given human nature there will always be conflict.

Man cannot pretend to be higher in ethics, spirituality, advancement, or civilization than other creatures and at the same time live by lower standards than the vulture or hyena.

Law and justice are not always the same.

Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality.

It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.

There is nothing more opposed to equality than identity.

All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.

[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality.

We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights

Believe in no other God than the one who insists on justice and equality among men.

Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails.