Quotes about Equality

“Suffrage is the pivotal right.”

“Such security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily equality in the use of the earth.”

“Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.”

“If we want equality, we shouldn't then expect to be praised just because we're doing a certain job. That's not equality.”

“Liberals tend to stress how marvelous education is, in and of itself, and also adore it as a vessel for genuine equality. (That's me, by the way: Hell, I think we should be spending $50 billion a year to make college education free).”

“The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone.”

“I believe in a real democratic system, with a state of law and freedom of the press. I believe in a free, open-market economy integrated with the world. And I believe in equality of opportunity. Those are my basic beliefs. On top of that, of course, I believe in some moral values.”

“I stand for the education of the South African youth, for equality and representation, as Miss South Africa, I cannot wait to make a contribution to these important social causes.”

“Regardless of what race, what color, what sex, what nationality, what sexual orientation - regardless of who you are, equality should always rule! Whatever is right for you is right. Period.”

“Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.”

“When we talk about pay equality, I think we're misunderstanding where the problem lies.”

“There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.”

“The idea of equal rights was in the air.”

“'Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity.”

“After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn't require any religious denomination to alter any of its tenets; it simply forbids government from discrimination regarding who can marry whom.”

“Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.”

“Including women in climate policy and solutions can enhance the results, leading to more economic growth and sustainable outcomes. However, we cannot take for granted that gender equality and women's empowerment in the field of climate change and sustainable development will happen automatically.”

“One of the privileges of my adult life has been meeting pioneers of LGBT equality, particularly Waheed Alli, Michael Cashman and Ian McKellen.”

“We really need to come behind and press for marriage equality in Northern Ireland.”

“I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.”

“The principal challenge of the next phase of the Negro revolution is to make certain that equality of results will now follow. If we do not, there will be no social peace in the United States for generations.”