Quotes About Equality

Equality is what happens when the people who decide how to cut the cake (senators, for example) can't rig the division to favor themselves.

Women didn't want to be on the stage with other women because they didn't want their bodies to be compared. They didn't want another female act opening for them because of this weird competitive and tokenistic attitude.

it takes a very secure male ego to handle sexual equality.

Love is love. It is God-given, and a sacrament. It is not for any man to judge.

For love that is not requited in equal measure is not love at all; it is not sacred. And holding on to the ideal of such love can keep us from finding the one that is true.

Remember always this great commandment that Jesus left for us in Matthew 7:1–2: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged.

Forgiveness is the great equalizer. It costs you nothing but buys you everything.

Earlier feminists were almost universally pro-choice and have dominated political debate until now. Having access to abortion was viewed as the only way women could have full equality with men, who, until recently, couldn't get pregnant.

You'd be surprised, Mr. Winshaw. They give library cards to anyone these days. Even secretaries.

Death was democratic. It made no choice between the rich and the poor, the beautiful and the ugly, the young and the old.

It is unconscionable that we ration health care by the ability to pay.... your heart breaks. Health care should be a given.

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.

Catharism placed no value on one sex over the other; not only did it attract women as converts, but it invited them into the clergy.

Flutter like a hummingbird, Dive like an eagle, Ain't no bird that's my equal. - Twilight

Why, if one were Queen, would one ever want to marry? If one is ruler, is it not better to both King and Queen? That is exactly what a woman can do if she remains without a mate.

Disabled people needed an inordinate amount of time to accomplish the same daily living tasks as able-bodied people-it was one of the things that had been so damn hard to get used to.

People throughout the world may look different, or have a different religion, education or position but they are all the same. They are all people to be loved." Above

Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.

Yet he hadn't asked for anything that he hadn't been willing to give himself. - Mahri

The art of loving each other well is letting people be where they are and not trying to convince them to be where I am.

A core principle in our Refuge group is that we all can be an advocate and we all need an advocate. They are not mutually exclusive.

If he wants breakfast in bed, tell him to sleep in the kitchen.

Mae West wrote her novels to disprove the accepted notion that, as a woman, it was considered stupid to be too clever. In a man's world, she had what it took to take what they had.

First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect.