"The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

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"The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

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"Not all single women want to be married. Not all boys like football. Not all homemakers like to cook. Not all messy people are lazy. And not all the obese are gluttons. There are glands and diabetes and a dozen conditions you never heard of that may account for things. Put your sermon through the counter-stereotype sieve."

John Piper, American Clergyman

Equality, Truth, People, Diversity, Judgment

"There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Equality, Discrimination, Language, Skin, Religion

"Sometimes she would be engaged in a laboratory exercise or a seminar when the instructor would say, "Gentlemen, let's proceed," and sensing Ellie's frown would add, "Sorry, Miss Arroway, but I think of you as one of the boys." The highest compliment they were capable of paying was that in their minds she was not overtly female."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Equality, Gender, Respect, Recognition

"I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Equality, Leadership, Socialization, Gender Roles

"You're my equal. And as much as that means we have each other's backs in public, it also means we that grant each other the gift of honesty - of truth."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Equality, Honesty, Truth, Gift

"Celebrate people irrespective of their status or position."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Equality, Celebrate, People, Status

"We are all endowed with the wealth of time equally. Everybody that is born on the surface of this earth, has this wealth."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Equality, Wealth, Time, Born, Surface

"When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Equality, Inferiority, Fact

"Not all slaves are poor, and not all free men are rich."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Equality, Slaves, Poor, Free Men, Rich

"It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Equality, Law, Laws, May, Open

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"There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion."

"I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead."

"You're my equal. And as much as that means we have each other's backs in public, it also means we that grant each other the gift of honesty - of truth."

"Celebrate people irrespective of their status or position."

"We are all endowed with the wealth of time equally. Everybody that is born on the surface of this earth, has this wealth."

"When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior."

"Not all slaves are poor, and not all free men are rich."

"It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts."

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"It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be."

"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."

"I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."

"Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest."

"Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom."

"Nine tenths of education is encouragement."

"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."

"A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance."

"Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign."

"To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all."