"Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated."

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"Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated."

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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

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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"Celebrate people irrespective of their status or position."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"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

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

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"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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