Quotes About Equality

Which brings us back to the nostalgia thing. There are, let's face it, some people in our political life who pine for the days when minorities and women knew their place, gays stayed firmly in the closet, and congressmen asked, "Are you now or have you ever been?

Most obviously, the federal minimum wage, adjusted for inflation, has fallen by a third over the past half century, even as worker productivity has risen 150 percent. That divergence was politics, pure and simple.

But why, if the real weekly value of my labour is thirty hours of other people's work, would I ever work sixty hours?

But really it's condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because they're old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese. Banged up people don't want your pity. They just want to be treated like everyone else. Mockery, when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.

Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.

The one big difference between John and me, besides the fact that he's a boy and I'm a girl, is I have compassion.

They shared the chores of living as some couples do --she did most of the work and he appreciated it.

Leave any bigotry in your quarters. There's no room for it on the bridge. - James T. Kirk, Balance of Terror

God forbid the goyim think ladies who work the street are human beings! God forbid the goyim think that Jewish ladies love each other as human beings!

Captain Kidd said, It has been said by authorities that the law should apply the same to the king and to the peasant both, it should be written out and placed in the city square for all to see, it should be written simply and in the language of the common people, lest the people grow weary of their burdens. The young man tipped his head toward the Captain with an odd look on his face, It was a kind of longing, a kind of hope. Who said that? Hammurabi.

She had nothing more to give than what he already possessed. At least so she thought. He

The remark, for instance, that the only freedoms we really appreciate are those which cast others into an equivalent state of servitude.

a woman's desire is harmless and of no consequence?

Christ surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, tax-collectors and fishermen. ... what he meant by this was that the divine spark is in every soul and is never extinguished ...

The happiness of one does not mean the unhappiness of the others.

Maybe these desert birds could explain to him the meaning of love without ownership.

Men. They thought they ruled the world but couldn't so much as take a step without, that very same night, seeking the opinions of their partners, lovers, girlfriends, mothers.

All we achieve by exacting revenge is to make ourselves the equals of our enemies, whereas by forgiving we show wisdom and intelligence.

The world does not divide into enemies and friends, but into the weak and strong.

If everyone could know and live with their inner craziness...people would be fairer and happier.

Because you forgot that the path to knowledge is a path that's open to everyone, to the common people.

Everything and everybody is the same; this is the mystery and the end.

Justkui nõudepesemine või rinnahoidja kandmine või see, et keegi mulle uksi avab ja sulgeb – justukui alandaks see mind kui naist. Tegelikult ma kaifin, kui mees mulle ukse lahti teeb, etiketi järgi tähendab see:"Tal on vaja, et ma teda aitan, sest ta on nõrk." Kuid minu jaoks:"Mind koheldakse kui jumalannat, ma olen kuninganna.

But look at it this way, Stevie Rae broke in. Aphrodite figured it out. So are you sayin' she's smarter than you? Kramisha's eyes narrowed.I got a whole world of smart than that rich white girl don't know nothin' about. Well than cowboy up.