Quotes About Equality

Education is a basic necessity.

Racism has its boot squarely wedged on the neck of black communities, and we don't want to be told that hard work and responsibility are the answer.

At the end of the day, no one asks a woman, 'Do you need a neck rub? Do you need a drink, honey?'

We need to get rid of bullying. We need to get rid of abuse. We need to get rid of harassment. We need to get rid of the casting couch. Instead, we need to build the bench.

For me, feminism is a movement for which the end goal is to make itself no longer needed.

Investing in girls can actually move the needle in communities... and can actually benefit boys, because girls are the mothers of boys.

Food should be cheap, and labor should be cheap, and everything should be the same no matter where you go; whether it's a McDonald's in Germany or one in California, it should be the same. And this message is destroying cultures around the world. Needless to say, agriculture goes with it.

Needless to say, I fully support the legal codes that are meant to protect individuals from discrimination.

From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

What Russia really needs is not gay rights but human rights, and the rule of law.

I think it's something that needs to be said - that there are interracial marriages out there, and the couples live happy lives, and there's nothing wrong with it.

Contraception has to be available for anybody who needs it.

I don't want to live in a country where the elites like Hillary Clinton do not live under the same laws as the rest of us. She needs to be held to account.

Kids who live in low income areas face extra challenges and show up at schools that were not designed to meet their extra needs.

If we have a right to healthcare, we should also have a right to the most fundamental of human needs: shelter.

The law is only our best approximation of justice, and the law needs constant revision.

Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable.

To the great majority of white Americans, the Negro problem has distinctly negative connotations. It suggests something difficult to settle and equally difficult to leave alone. It is embarrassing. It makes for moral uneasiness.

We're all human. It's the most important, neglected fact in business.

I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.

Women are underrepresented and neglected in all aspects of the entertainment industry, so naturally, those of us who want to make a change use any opportunity to shine a light on someone when we can.

People think that women don't negotiate because they're not good negotiators, but that's not it. Women don't negotiate because it doesn't work as well for them. Women have to say, 'I really add a lot of value, and it's in your interest to pay me more.' I hate that advice, but I want to see women get ahead.

A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.