Equality Quotes - Page 23

Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?

It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.

Equality is deemed by many a mere speculative chimera, which can never be reduced to practice. But if the abuse is inevitable, does it follow that we ought not to try at least to mitigate it? It is precisely because the force of things tends always to destroy equality that the force of the legislature must always tend to maintain it.

Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.

I feel like a feminist is gender equality.

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

It is a commonly observed fact that the enslavement of women is invariably associated with a low type of social life, and that, conversely, her elevation towards an equality with man uniformly accompanies progress.

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.

All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish.

In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.

The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.

All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing the obtaining of happiness and safety.

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals.

The devastation of neoliberalism is so multi-fold, whether it's violence against women or desperate economic inequality or the destruction of the planet.

We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.

How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.

We've got to take back the ideal of justice, we've got to take back this principle of human dignity. We've got to take it back from vengeance, from hatred, we've got to say: look, we're all in this together. We are human beings.

Dream the dreams that have never been dreamt.

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there

As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.

The women who do the most work get the least money, and the women who have the most money do the least work.

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way.