Quotes About Equality

Wouldst thou, then, have preferred the condition of a weak woman, exposed to all evil and capable of none?

She assured them, too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness.

The truth is, however, that the laboring oar was with our unpolished companions; it being far easier to condescend than to accept of condescension

With your pardon, sir," replied Dr. Clarke, a physician and a famous champion of the popular party, "whatever the heralds may pretend, a dead beggar must have precedence of a living queen. King Death confers high privileges.

She seeks to place herself above the sympathies of our common nature, which envelopes all human souls. See if that nature do not assert its claim over her in some mode that shall bring her level with the lowest!

Lafayette, who later claimed, "I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery.

Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

Interviewer: What would you say to a woman in this country who assumes she is no longer oppressed, who believes women's liberation has been achieved? el Saadawi: Well I would think she is blind. Like many people who are blind to gender problems, to class problems, to international problems. She's blind to what's happening to her.

Death makes the whole world kin.

I don't know what happens to our consciousness when we're unwound, says Connor. I don't even know when that consciousness starts. But I do know this. He pauses to make sure all of them are listening. We have a right to our lives! The kids go wild. We have a right to choose what happens to our bodies! The cheers reach fever pitch. We deserve a world where both those things are possible— and it's our job to help make that world.

In fact, in the grand scheme of things, everyone was equally useless.

the Statue of Liberty's got this invitation: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your reeking homeless--' 'Huddled masses,' said Ira. 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.' ... Okay, fine. So like everybody in the old countries says, 'Hey, I'm a huddled mass,' and they all wanna come over.

Death doesn't just make all the world kin, it makes all religions one

In fact, in the grand scheme of things, everyone was equally useless. That`s what he was saying, and it infuriated Citra, because on a certain level, she knew he was right.

We are not just AWOLS! We are not just parts! We are whole human beings-and history will look back on these times in shame!

Sometimes prejudice can be slapped upside the head by tolerance.

All children in Madagascar were raised genderless and forbidden to choose a gender until reaching adulthood. Even then, many didn't choose a single state of being. Some, like Jerico, found fluidity to be their nature. "I feel like a woman beneath the sun and the stars. I feel like a man under the cover of clouds," Jerico had explained to the crew when assuming command. "A simple glance at the skies will let you know how to address me at any given time.

The growth of civilization was complete. Everyone knew it. When it came to the human race, there was no more left to learn. Nothing about our own existence to decipher. Which meant that no one person was more important than any other. In fact, in the grand scheme of things, everyone was equally useless.

Anastasia felt inadequate among the greats, and yet they parted to make sure she was in the midst of them, as an equal.

Color shouldn't matter" I was always taught—and always believed. But there's a big difference between "shouldn't" and "doesn't." Privilege is all about not seeing that gap.

The index is supposed to keep the world free from cultural and genetic bias, but aren't there underlying factors that we can't escape? For instance, who decided that the first number of one's genetic index would be Caucasoid? —From the gleaning journal of H.S. Curie

Nothing about our own existence to decipher. Which meant that no one person was more important than any other.

When it came to the human race, there was no more left to learn. Nothing about our own existence to decipher. Which meant that no one person was important than any other. In fact in the ground scheme of things, everyone was equally useless

The immense appetite we have for biography comes from a deep-seated sense of equality.