Quotes About Equality

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

Whenever I have trouble standing up for myself (it's happened), I think about whether I would tolerate the situation if it were happening to one of my sisters, mother, daughter, or niece. If it's not acceptable for them, it's not acceptable for me.

For the record, I would like to state that never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that

Never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that.

We checked our bags and got on line with some of our fellow passengers. Judging from the looks of them, it was clear that they were members of a different income bracket from the people I preferred to surround myself with. But since I also wasn't from the income bracket I preferred, I held off on voicing my initial feelings of despair.

For the record, I would like to state that never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that.

for someone who's lived with privilege their whole life, equality feels like a loss.

Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.

A.J. was one of the guys. One of the guys with breasts, a shapely butt, and sparkling green eyes.

When we choose a mobile network, do we check whether Airtel or Vodafone belong to a particular caste? No, we simply choose the provider based on the best value or service. Then why do we vote for somebody simply because he belongs to the same caste as us?

Women and music should not be dated.

Fortunately, among these people a man was judged according to his worth and not according to the worth of his father.

The sun will shine on those who stand, before it shines on those who kneel under them.

I do not see that it is necessary for any people to prove to another that they build cathedrals or pyramids before they can be entitled to peace and safety.

Paradoxically, a saint like [Albert] Schweitzer can give one a lot more trouble than King Leopold II, villain of unmitigated guilt, because along with doing good and saving African lives Schweitzer also managed to announce that the African was indeed his brother, but only his junior brother.

People are wrong when they tell you that Conrad was on the side of Africans because his story showed great compassion towards them. Africans are not really served by his compassion, whatever it means; they ask for one thing alone – to be seen for what they are: human beings. Conrad pulls back from granting them this favour in Heart of Darkness.

But let the slave who sees another cast into a shallow grave know that he will be buried in the same way when his day comes.

We shall live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest, and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.

No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.

It is not bravery when a man fights with a woman.

It is appropriate that we celebrate Martin Luther King, a man who struggled so valiantly to restore humanity to the oppressed and the oppressor.

Dicen nuestros mayores que el sol ha de alumbrar antes a los que están de pie que a los que se arrodillan bajo ellos.

And besides do not our people say that he is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger?

Wherever something stands, something else will stand beside it.