Quotes About Equality

I think the success of democracy is not really police security it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.

Fr., I want there to be no peasant in my realm so poor that he will not have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.

Si Dieu me prête vie, je ferai qu'il n'y aura point de laboureur en mon royaume qui n'ait les moyens d'avoir le dimanche une poule dans son pot.

Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith.

I am totally against the idea that a Muslim woman should not have the same opportunities as a Muslim man to learn, to open up, to work, help shape the future. To close Islam down to a sexist approach is totally intolerable and ridiculous. It's not Islam.

Democracy is for the people by the people, no brothers no sisters no churches no titles!

I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.

I'm going to lower the drinking age to eighteen. If you're old enough to die in Iraq, you're old enough to drink.

Marriage. 'Tis an unholy union between two people, and for what purpose? To make them both miserable. (Stryder) I don't believe is has to be that way. Imagine a marriage where the man and woman respect each other. Where they are partners and allies. (Rowena) You are sober and speak more foolishness than I do while drunk. (Stryder)

Better than being slave to a man who has no regard for me other than a broodmare for his children. (Rowena) True. I should hate to be a broodmare for a man. (Stryder)

It's no surprise that a generation of women who were brought up being told that they were equal to men, that sexism, and therefore feminism, was dead, are starting to see through this. And while they're pissed off, they're also positive, bubbling with hope. One obvious outcome of being brought up to believe you're equal is that you're both very angry when you encounter misogyny, but also confident in your ability to tackle it.

It seems unfair not to give credit where credit is due simply because one lacks a certain number of candles on one's birthday cake.

It seems unfair to give credit where credit is due simply because one lacks a certain number of candles on one's birthday cake.

For me, nothing can change the fact that your happiness is indistinguishable from mine.

Are you saying that as long as you are capable of bearing children, you are expected to do nothing else?" Torres asked. "What else could we possibly do that any civilized society would regard more highly?" Wentin asked. Any

History has taught us that no society built upon the exploitation of any of its individuals can long endure

You big crybaby," I whispered into his ear. "Now you know why your mom warned you not to hit girls. Sometimes they hit back.

Yes, you're afraid of me because I'm better than you are. And if you give one talented woman the power she deserves, another will follow. Then another. And together they'll show that their way is better. Then your whole fake fucking world will come tumbling down.

It wouldn't have been such a leap, truth be told. She'd been seeing things through men's eyes for years. Her entire career, men had informed her what was good and what wasn't. And she'd always assumed they were right.

And in case you haven't noticed, somebody's always killing women.

Stop putting people in boxes of Manly or Lady Like. Let people be themselves.

Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin Powell is embracing the issue, now supported by most Americans. Still, a few people, like former First Lady Laura Bush appear to be conflicted.

Men and women will never be the same unless science is dead.

You cannot develop a country by oppressing the poor of the poorest