"Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument."

Equality, Religion, Rights, Civil

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"Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument."

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"Let's not judge people by the color of their skin but those who makes us feel we are different from each other.- Abdulazeez Henry Musa."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

Equality, Race, Judgment, Difference

"I am not red or blue. I am red, white and blue. Those are the same colors in my body (my heart, blood and veins). I am only human, and the human race is the only race in which I am an active participant - mind, body and soul."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Equality, Humanity, Unity, Identity

"I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Equality, Justice, Man, Mercy

"Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Equality, Justice, Pride, Ego

"There was never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male except his superior muscle."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Equality, Gender, Strength, Truth

"No other being is lesser human than the one who thinks of others as such."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Equality, Humanity, Truth, Wisdom, Life

"I have a little moral trouble with the term "mankind, as it possesses an innate gender bias, which I cannot approve of, hence, I prefer the term "humanity over it, and the term "human over "man."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Equality, Truth, Power, Regret, Inspirational

"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

"Woman cannot be free until man's mind is liberated from the megalomania! His self-exaltation is the mother of the gender inequalities. Till we eliminate his exacerbated narcissism, woman will remain unfree!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Equality, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"We don't live in a society that has genuine equality, and every woman we know has experienced that."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."

Wisdom, Errors, May, Opinion, Reason

"So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done."

Leadership, Government, Wisdom, Intentions

"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."

Freedom, Ideas, Man

"Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind."

Happiness, Being, Body, Mind

"I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us."

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"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government."

Wisdom, Government, Men, Improvement, Labor

"It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it."

Freedom, War, Duty, Fire

"If you serve humanity, you serve humanity's God."

Service, Humanity, God, Faith

"How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!"

Gratitude, Blessing, Freedom, Ignorance, Country

"Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect, and the American example has kindled feelings of right in the people."

Progress, Science, Change, Freedom, Mind