Quotes About Equality

I feel like everyone is really craving people to come out. People want - they need - to see that there are people like me playing soccer for the good ol' U.S. of A.

One of the U.S. Soccer Federation's points is that it's an honour and a privilege to to play for this country, and it is. But we also represent the entire country, and the idea of liberty and justice isn't afforded to everyone.

I'm enormously proud that I can do a deal with the National Women's Soccer League to showcase the power and passion of women athletes as positive role models, not only for my daughter but also for my son.

U.S. Soccer has no justification for paying us as little as they do.

I have been involved with U.S. Soccer for 30 years, and I don't remember one senior woman in the organization that you would deal with on a daily basis in a position that was making decisions. That is a huge issue. How many times do you hear, 'There are no women around?' Well, they are fishing in the wrong pond.

For the average person walking down the street, they don't even know a women's soccer league exists in this country.

In so many ways, my soccer career taught me about seeing the value of all people, whether or not society sees it first. Relationships with people who are perceived to be 'different' have taught me the same lesson.

Girls can be funny and play sports and show how to do the perfect soccer kick if they want.

I've been going to soccer games since I was a kid. For me, soccer brought people together. You didn't need money to do it. You needed one ball and your friends. That's what's so amazing about the game and why it's so global.

Sometimes women's soccer can be political.

It's hard to have a good career in soccer, especially women's soccer.

They don't call it the Italian Dream or the English Dream. In America, there is the American Dream. It was the first place to give people of any social background their dream. You can achieve anything.

At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered.

To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights.

Legally we have integration, social acceptance and diversity... but that doesn't mean... everybody is down with it.

I am unapologetic about the need for social change, greater inclusion, and equity.

You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.

Midwives not only save lives. They are also actors of social change.

It's clear to me that millions of young people understand and value my father's legacy of social change through nonviolence.

Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history.

I want to be a role model and an advocate for social change.

God does not discriminate against people, regardless of color, religion, social class, or gender and sexual preferences.

Yes, look, social class is definitely an issue in Britain, it is definitely an issue and I think that most people across the country would sympathise with the idea that there are lots of people with talent and ability all across this country who want to make more of themselves and part of the responsibility of government is to make that happen.

The social science on the impact of desegregation is clear. Researchers have consistently found that students in integrated schools - irrespective of ethnicity, race, or social class - are more likely to make academic gains in mathematics, reading, and often science than they are in segregated ones.