Quotes About Progress

My hope for America and the activists is that they never, ever go back to sleep, and they keep fighting for social justice, equality, and decency.

We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.

Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it.

A capacity to change is indispensable. Equally indispensable is the capacity to hold fast to that which is good.

The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.

I used to oppose women's suffrage and I've come to support it because these women have convinced me that we need full gender equality for full democratic participation.

We will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

Gender equality must become a lived reality.

And when I say equality, I mean equality for everybody. Who are you telling who they can marry and who they can't? What is this? This is 2014.

I believe that the trans movement is at a crossroads. We have achieved an unprecedented level of visibility in the last couple of years. However, that's not the same thing as equality.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

There's been a sort of mini-revolution, an uprising, as was long overdue, about these subject matters: ethnicity and gender equality.

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.

It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!

The principle of equality does not destroy the imagination, but lowers its flight to the level of the earth.

I have a dream, one dream, keep dreaming. Dream of freedom, justice dreaming, dreaming of equality and hopefully no longer required to dream them

Clearly, I'm committed to women's issues and stories and promoting gender equality. I have two incredible role models in Jenji [Kohan] and Shonda [Rhimes].

What the champions of suffrage understood was that the vote is not just a symbol of our equality, but that it can be, if used, a guarantee of results.

Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality.

Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.

Excellence requires discomfort.

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

Excellence happens when you try each day to both do and be, a little better than you were yesterday!

Adequacy is the enemy of excellence.