Quotes about Equality

“One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.”

“If we are to maintain a relevant and just industry, we must all open our eyes to the obvious lack of equality in wages, representation, and access.”

“The theme of the Labor Department's centennial is 'Then, Now, Next.' So in honoring Esther Peterson, we look not just to the past but to the future, acknowledging with honesty and a sense of purpose the lingering challenges we still face and the distance we've yet to travel before equality is truly a reality in the lives of all women.”

“The fact is, there is not now, nor has there ever been in the whole of history, a single country in the world where women have equality with men.”

“I'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength.”

“The sole equality on earth is death.”

“I can't identify a race of people in this country who are more committed to the health of this country, who believe more in the Constitution, who believe more in equality and liberation and fairness to everyone else than black people.”

“I don't think I could have - and I wouldn't have wanted to - write a book about climate change that wasn't about justice and equality.”

“'The Handmaid's Tale' is a human story, and women's rights are human rights, and it's all about equality, but at the end of the day, it's not equal.”

“We never had money but it was never a problem. The spirit of comradeship, the commitment to gender equality, social justice and a celebration of pluralism and India's composite culture provided the glue that kept us joyous and closely bonded.”

“Both at home and abroad, Ivanka Trump has been a strong and confident advocate for female equality.”

“Three components - education, equality and empowerment - play an important and pivotal role in moving the country forward in every aspect.”

“I think dad would be very proud of young people standing up to promote truth, justice and equality.”

“We need to be able to guarantee the safety of all artists and activists for human rights so that it no longer takes extraordinary courage to call for a better world - so that every person with the ability to imagine peace, equality, progress, and justice can express their dreams and hopes without fear.”

“The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.”

“Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.”

“My entire life has been guided by a sense of equality, equality for loved ones.”

“All this talk of equality remains merely on paper. In real life, women are still bound by several psychological shackles and emotional boundaries imposed on them by their families and others. If a girl comes home late, she is asked 100 questions, whereas boys are not answerable for anything. And this prevails across segments.”

“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.”

“In the absence of relative equality - quid pro quo - a court might question whether there was an actual contract. If I give you a dollar, and you give me a mansion, our contract would lack quid pro quo.”

“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.”