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Quotes About Equality

On the one hand, she is cut off from the protection awarded to her sisters abroad; on the other, she has no such power to defend her interests at the polls, as is the heritage of her brothers at home.
~ Florence Kelley
Dear sisters and brothers, I am not against anyone.
~ Malala Yousafzai
I often say to entrepreneurs, 'If Lehman Brothers were Lehman Brothers & Sisters, it wouldn't have gone into bankruptcy.'
~ Shinzo Abe
Gay sisters don't think too bad of transvestites. Gay brothers do.
~ Marsha P. Johnson
What's right with America and what's right with Islam have a lot in common. At their highest levels, both worldviews reflect an enlightened recognition that all of humankind shares a common Creator - that we are, indeed, brothers and sisters.
~ Feisal Abdul Rauf
My father believed that the higher you put your goal, the higher you reach. That was the main reason me and my sisters were playing mostly against male competitors.
~ Judit Polgar
As a woman, as a Jew, as a lesbian, as a labor leader in a time of great anti-union animus, I know that other people project their biases on me. But it is nothing like the experience of our African-American brothers and sisters, especially black and brown men and boys.
~ Randi Weingarten
The #MeToo movement doesn't belong to Republicans or the Democrats. The #MeToo movement belongs to women who are having the courage to come forward and say this is wrong. People should be protected. We want that for all of our daughters and all of our sisters. We also want there to be rights for the accused.
~ Ben Sasse
Gays and lesbians are our friends, neighbors, doctors, colleagues, sisters and brothers.
~ Margaret Hoover
Assess and then decide whether women who are in active politics and public life, like men, whether in this process they may not lose their importance and role as mothers, daughter, and sisters.
~ Yogi Adityanath
From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.
~ Jared Polis
If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters.
~ Christine Pelosi
There's only one race - it's human. We are all brothers and sisters.
~ Jack Kemp
Most of my fundamentalist brothers and sisters - and I am an evangelical, so I can say most of my fundamentalist brothers and sisters - are quite willing to pack women off and send them as missionaries to dangerous places where they might get killed.
~ Tony Campolo
I'm an only child, so I never had sisters to tell me what I should like based on my gender. I liked what the boys were doing and thought: 'Why let them have all the fun?'
~ Rhianna Pratchett
Sisters, some will try to persuade you that because you are not ordained to the priesthood, you have been shortchanged. They are simply wrong, and they do not understand the gospel of Jesus Christ.
~ Sheri L. Dew
All actors are my brothers and my sisters. It ain't cool to compare or disparage them. It ain't polite.
~ Michael Keaton
Prejudice is sinful. All blood flows red. And the most harmful and foolish kind of prejudice is prejudice against yourself. Every woman is your sister, and every woman needs her sisters. So try to give other women the courtesy of your compassion, respect, and forgiveness. Love yourself despite - and because of - your flaws.
~ Jewell Parker Rhodes
We absolutely have to support our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. We just must. It's not fair that they don't get to live an authentic life.
~ Nia Vardalos
I didn't even know how much of a feminist I was, and I realized, 'Oh my God, I was raised by a single mom who had to raise six kids. I have three sisters. Larry, you've been a feminist your whole life, and you really didn't know it until you've been presented with these issues.'
~ Larry Wilmore
Hardworking women are the foundation of Arkansas's success. But we must do more to ensure that all of our mothers, sisters, and daughters are protected and that they have the choices available to make the best decisions for them and their families.
~ Conner Eldridge
I'm always going to fight on behalf of my brothers and sisters.
~ Masi Oka
My mother and father didn't treat my brothers and sisters the same, so to treat 12 players exactly the same, that's a great accomplishment.
~ Kenny Smith
What I'm trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, 'We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we're going to perish as fools.'
~ Bernice King