Quotes About Equality

newspaper writer ought to get out of his office and see the way the world works. He could interview me about it. Or Aunt Faye. Because sometimes men don't take care of the women. And that's why we women need our jobs.

Because sometimes men don't take care of the women. And that's why we women need our jobs.

What would you expect to find when the muzzle that has silenced the voices of black men is removed? That they would chant your praises? Did you think that when those heads that our fathers had forcibly bowed down to the ground were raised again, you would find adoration in their eyes?

What were you hoping, when you removed the gags that stopped up these black mouths? That they would sing your praises? Did you think, when the heads our fathers had ground into the dust had raised themselves up again, you would see adoration in their eyes? Here are black men standing, men looking at us, and I want you to feel, as I do, the shock of being seen. For the white man has, for three thousand years, enjoyed the privilege of seeing without being seen. - Black Orpheus

The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and receive good bread for their work.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.

The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.

This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work.

Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away.

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, too.

Now we just really need to do the work, which we're doing, to get contraceptives out to women worldwide.

My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And I had the privilege of meeting them both.

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.

In the past a man was expected to give his seat on a bus to a woman. Today it would be much more courteous for that man to give her his job.

We need diversity in our population to make it work.

Employers must make far-reaching changes to employment terms and conditions for women: Equal pay for equal, decent work.

We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.

It is vital that government leaders and financial leaders take heed and broaden their horizons, working to ensure that all citizens have dignified work, education, and healthcare.

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.

The things that hold women back, hold them back from sitting at the boardroom table and they hold women back from speaking at the PTA meeting.

I spent most of my career, including my time at McKinsey, never acknowledging that I was a woman. And, you know, fast forward - I'm 43 now - fitting in is not helping us.

There are so many problems. Women can go to work on these as well without giving up their feminism.