Quotes about Equality

“You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.”

“What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force.”

“When you don't have equality of opportunity because you don't have equal access to education, it just seems so outrageous. It weakens our economy and leads to more inequality.”

“Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share a common life. What matters is that people of different backgrounds and social positions encounter one another, and bump up against one another, in the course of ordinary life.”

“I'm going to do anything I can do - whether that's being part of FIFA or creating some sort of movement that can actually impart real equality across all lines - in every country, every city, every sector all over the world, that's what I'm going to do.”

“America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation.”

“So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.”

“The internet has given pure equality to everyone. The cream rises to the top. It is the era of not take a job, but create your own job.”

“Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.”

“My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women.”

“I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.”

“Poverty must be eradicated, the resources of our planet used sustainably, human rights respected, equality between men and women strengthened, HIV/AIDS and other diseases prevented, terrorism stopped, and disarmament and non-proliferation secured.”

“The equality of men and women is not possible because both are different. A mountain is a mountain, and a river is a river.”

“Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.”

“We all want equality, we all want to be loved, we all want to have the full potential and opportunity to grow and to participate fully in our societies.”

“It took LGBT activists 15 years to defeat section 28, but this is not a movement that's afraid of the long struggle. They know all progress is hard-fought, that discrimination against any individual anywhere is discrimination against all, and that the campaign for true, global equality must therefore be won one issue, case and country at a time.”

“I hope that we always have diversity, that we have equality and representation every step of the way.”

“While the law cannot force a person to be moral or tolerant, through the law we can demand respect and expect equality.”

“Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down.”

“The equality among all members of the League, which is provided in the statutes giving each state only one vote, cannot of course abolish the actual material inequality of the powers concerned.”

“I think in the United States we have a different standard for what equality means for women that isn't really that comparable to that in the Middle East.”