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Equality Quotes

"Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?"

"Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?"

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish Director

Equality, People, Liberty, Want

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"Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance."

"Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance."

Kim Campbell, Canadian Statesman

Equality, Canada, Justice, Tolerance

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"In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known."

"In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known."

Thomas Malthus, English Economist

Equality, Virtue, Manners, State

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"The cry of equality pulls everyone down."

"The cry of equality pulls everyone down."

Iris Murdoch, Irish Author

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"As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones."

"As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Equality, People, Commitment, Writers

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"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."

"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."

John Hume, Irish Politician

Equality, People, Civilrights, States

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"There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States."

"There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States."

James A. Garfield, American President

Equality, States, United

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"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."

"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."

Catharine MacKinnon, American Activist

Equality, Society, Fact, Nonsense

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"I was appalled and shocked that Bush used the State of the Union to attack same-sex marriages and indicated that he would support a constitutional amendment."

"I was appalled and shocked that Bush used the State of the Union to attack same-sex marriages and indicated that he would support a constitutional amendment."

Jean O'Leary, American Activist

Equality, State, Support

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"Man is the master of Woman" - this statement may have been a glorious fact of primitive life in the wild, but it is nothing but an obnoxious stain on psyche of the thinking humanity."

"Man is the master of Woman" - this statement may have been a glorious fact of primitive life in the wild, but it is nothing but an obnoxious stain on psyche of the thinking humanity."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Equality, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

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"Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport."

"Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport."

Pierre de Coubertin, French Leader

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"It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing."

"It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Equality, Freedom, Speech

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"If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be."

"If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Equality, Women, Leadership, Representation

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"A woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan."

"A woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan."

Mary Daly, American Theologian

Equality, Church, Woman

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"From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own."

"From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own."

Carl Schurz, German Revolutionary

Equality, Rights, Identity

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"Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf."

"Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf."

Alice S. Rossi, American Sociologist

Equality, Women, Self, Sense

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"The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected; and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb."

"The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected; and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb."

Robert Casey, American Politician

Equality, Legal, Women, Abortion

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"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Equality, People, Character, Content, Day

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"The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service."

"The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service."

Arthur Hugh Clough, English Poet

Equality, Liberty, Service, Solidarity

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"I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value."

"I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value."

Paul Dirac, British Physicist

Equality, Beginning, Cause, Value

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"Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox."

"Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox."

Anna Howard Shaw, American Activist

Equality, Advice, Measure

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"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 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."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Equality, America, Country

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"Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order."

"Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order."

Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist

Equality, Determination, Economy, Inequality

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"In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children."

"In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

Equality, Education, Health, Values

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"There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with."

"There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Equality, Men, Women, Opportunity

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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."

"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."

Anatole France, French Novelist

Equality, Law, Poor, Sleep

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"For thousands of years, the dumb, uncivilized, stone-age society has reduced women to mere prizes to be won, objects to be shown off, and playthings to be abused and toyed with. Now is the time to stop this primitive madness."

"For thousands of years, the dumb, uncivilized, stone-age society has reduced women to mere prizes to be won, objects to be shown off, and playthings to be abused and toyed with. Now is the time to stop this primitive madness."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Equality, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Life

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"Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else."

"Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else."

Bobby Jindal, American Politician

Equality, Congress, Laws

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"The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule."

"The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule."

James Bovard, American Author

Equality, Vision, Fathers, Founding

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"Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal."

"Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal."

Jeane Kirkpatrick, American Diplomat

Equality, Conviction, Democracy, Value

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"I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying."

"I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying."

Barack Obama, American President

Equality, Marriage, Act, Constitution, Defense

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"If we want a world with greater equality, we need to acknowledge that women are less likely to keep their hands up. We need institutions and individuals to notice and correct for this behavior by encouraging, promoting, and championing more women. And women have to learn to keep their hands up, because when they lower them, even managers with the best intentions might not notice."

"If we want a world with greater equality, we need to acknowledge that women are less likely to keep their hands up. We need institutions and individuals to notice and correct for this behavior by encouraging, promoting, and championing more women. And women have to learn to keep their hands up, because when they lower them, even managers with the best intentions might not notice."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Equality, Workplace, Gender, Encouragement

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"There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people."

"There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Equality, Education, People, Policy, Concern

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"Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently."

"Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently."

Tom Robbins, American Author

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"Today we must remove distinctions of high and low, rich and poor, caste or creed."

"Today we must remove distinctions of high and low, rich and poor, caste or creed."

Sardar Patel, Indian Statesman

Equality, Social Justice, Caste, Community

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"One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female."

"One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female."

Barbara Smith, American Activist

Equality, Feminism, Gifts

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"The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences."

"The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences."

Paul Martin, Canadian Politician

Equality, People, Canada, Country

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"How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction; how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - just knowledge; not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers."

"How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction; how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - just knowledge; not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers."

Frances Wright, Scottish Writer

Equality, Men, Talent, Genius

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"A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the murderer instead of the murdered."

"A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the murderer instead of the murdered."

Andrea Dworkin, American Critic

Equality, Commitment, Poor

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"Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying."

"Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

Equality, Lie, Fraud, Freedom

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"The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species.Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?"

"The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species.Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?"

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Equality, Anger, Discrimination, Humanity

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"It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality."

"It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Equality, State

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"We must imbue our children with principles of the higher-self, principles which see all people as true equals, and above all, which are sensitive to the delicate and fragile balance of life."

"We must imbue our children with principles of the higher-self, principles which see all people as true equals, and above all, which are sensitive to the delicate and fragile balance of life."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Equality, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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"Women are no sheep."

"Women are no sheep."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Equality, Feminism, Truth, Power, Life

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"In a society where women are truly equal to men, a kid bred by a theist mother and an atheist father is born an agnostic. In a patriarchal society, the kid is automatically an atheist."

"In a society where women are truly equal to men, a kid bred by a theist mother and an atheist father is born an agnostic. In a patriarchal society, the kid is automatically an atheist."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Equality, Society, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"Even though God has given the gift of time to all men equally, it is what each man does with this equal gift of time that determines whether or not he will be great."

"Even though God has given the gift of time to all men equally, it is what each man does with this equal gift of time that determines whether or not he will be great."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Equality, Gift, Time, Equal, Choice

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"I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy."

"I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy."

Barack Obama, American President

Equality, Policy, End, State

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"The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."

"The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Equality, Autumn, Discontent, Freedom

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"It's natural for people to feel superior to those under them. It requires a conscious effort to value those less fortunate than you are."

"It's natural for people to feel superior to those under them. It requires a conscious effort to value those less fortunate than you are."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Equality, Superiority, Consciousness, Effort, Values

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"I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means, warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, do we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that."

"I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means, warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, do we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Equality, Truth, Power, Life, Regret

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