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Quotes About Equality

What would it take for you to acknowledge that race is an issue? Maybe you don't want to acknowledge that race is an issue.
~ Marc Morial
The part we play is not as we want it, but as we are made-with the genitals God gave us.
~ Maureen Howard
People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out
~ Norah Vincent
Some people want tolerance to mean now that all ideas are equally valid. That's nonsense. There are some things that are right and there are some things that are wrong.
~ Rick Warren
Once people who have been deprived of basic freedom taste a little of it, they want all of it.
~ Ronald Reagan
We know that the only way to achieve equality is if both men and women want to achieve equality. We also know that equality is not just the right thing to do for men, it is a good thing to do.
~ Sheryl Sandberg
Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.
~ Alveda King
I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning.
~ Angelina Jolie
Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.
~ Bono
Let's give it up for the Secret Service. I don't want to be too hard on those guys. You know, because they're the only law enforcement agency that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot.
~ Cecily Strong
I'm a black man that is proud to be black, and I want to help the black community, but I love all mankind.
~ Common
The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.
~ Cristina Saralegui
At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want... for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
the new women in politics seem to be saying that we already know how to lose, thank you very much. Now we want to learn how to win.
~ Gloria Steinem
You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not secretary of state; I am. If you want my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I am not going to be channeling my husband.
~ Hillary Clinton
What Iran wants and what North Korea wants is respect.
~ Andrew Young
I've got three daughters and I'm going to stand up for them and support them in whatever they want to do.
~ Angie Harmon
I just see a lot of people who are really terrified of the "f-word." A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists.
~ Ani DiFranco
There's an old saying in the black community that everybody else is protected and served but we are policed, we don't want to be policed. We want to be protected and served as any American citizen.
~ Benjamin Crump
I know people go on about Twitter, but it is amazing. It's whatever you want it to be, and all the women got in there before the boys.
~ Caitlin Moran
As an American citizen, I'm not asking for any special treatment - the only thing I ask and want is to be treated just like an Illegal Alien.
~ Howie Carr
Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man!
~ Jean Giraudoux
You can be as critical as you want of Black Lives Matter. I'm critical of him, too. But to say that they have caused shooting of police officers, I think is a bridge too far.
~ Joe Klein
The people who say they're for democracy want nothing to do with democracy.
~ John Cusack