Quotes About Equality

I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work.

The last thing I would ever do though is actively work against another woman.

I don't have to work extra hard, but that's because there are a lot of women in my professional network and I have hired a lot of women as full-time writers and part-time columnists.

I am blessed to live and work in [France,] a country where women filmmakers are by and large not unfairly treated. So I wouldn't have much to contribute regarding issues faced as a female director.

I want to be with someone who wants to work as much as I do and who respects me like I respect him.

Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.

We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.

Now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons.

I insist on the dignity and God- given potential and work of every child, regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or what zip code they were born in.

When I work on a piece I always think if there is an abundance of male characters which one could we change to a woman or a minority character.

[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.

Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy.

What's so amazing about this historical moment is that it is bringing class to the fore and we have to think about the nature of work and hierarchy.

Men always say, "Let's see what you can do." If we always talk and never work we will not accomplish anything.

Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.

We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.

As long as you're pushing men to stay at work, you're pushing women to stay home.

The prejudice is against men and women - assuming men stay at work. That's the reason why we don't have enough women in the halls of power - the prejudice is pushing women to go home.

Every time someone asks me who I want to work with, my answer is always the same: whoever wants to work with me that won't want to get their ego stroked.

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

I know our policies work best to lift young men and women up - regardless of their background - so that they can choose their own path and live lives of dignity, purpose, and meaning.

Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women.

a revolutionary marriage ... [is] one in which both partners have work at the center of their lives and must find a delicate balance that can support both together and each individually.

It used to be that nobody would really argue with a woman, because what she thought (unless it was by way of providing helpful comments about one's own work) just didn't matter.