Equality Quotes

And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.

Supporting segregation need not be racist. One can believe in segregation and believe in equality of the races.

[on marriage equality] It literally is a threat to the nation's survival in the long run.

Women should not weaken their cause by impracticable demands. Make no claim which could not be won in a reasonable time. Take onestep at a time, get a good foothold in it and advance carefully.

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.

I tasted the bread and wine of equality.

Under ideal conditions, the barrister and the bhangi (sweeper) should both get the same payment.

To me, feminism means equality between men and women. I want to make people laugh and also point out some injustices or inequalities I see.

If men are to remain civilized or to become so, the art of associating together must grow and improve in the same ratio in which the equality of conditions is increased.

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality

The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be overcome require both.

The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice.

We are at a pivotal moment in our shared history. The global goals of a healthy planet, social equality, and economic opportunity for all are within reach. But we cannot prevaricate.

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 in the world.

Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.

If you are trying to balance the scales of justice and equality in all your work relationships, you're going to come up short.

The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.

We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.

A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.

Equality of opportunity is the essence of social justice.

Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result. ... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no.

Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.

I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.

The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about

I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro... this is a passionately racist country; it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future.

I'm a Christian and a supporter of marriage equality under the law.

For example, justice is considered to mean equality, It does mean equality- but equality for those who are equal, and not for all.

Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God.

All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it.

We cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all.

There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable.

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables.

It's an odd thing about this universe that, though we all disagree with each other, we are all of us always in the right.

Growth is a substitute for equality of income. So long as there is growth there is hope, and that makes large income differentials tolerable.

Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: "Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I."

In order to achieve that end goal of equality it is a very gendered oppression primarily affecting women that needs to be tackled.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

We can do better. ...We can't ignore the inequalities that persist in our justice system that undermine our most deeply held values of fairness and equality.

Women cannot serve two masters at once who are urgently beaming antithetical orders.... Either we believe in patriarchy the rule of men over women - or we believe in equality.

Today, we talk a lot about equality, but I think what most people mean by it is sameness - that everybody is the same - and they are afraid if they are not the same, they are not equal.

If women really did have complete equality with men, society would be completely overturned.

Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.

The revolution of equality between men and women has began, there is no going back

Equality begins with economic empowerment.