Quotes About Equality

Nothing's as awful as slavery...

Kirk always stood up for the underdog

My wife reports these problems to me, because we are a modern enlightened couple who have divided up our household responsibilities equally along non-gender-stereotypical lines: My wife's responsibilities: Cleanliness, food, décor, clothing, medical care, houseguests, parties, holidays, relatives and all other activities involving human interaction, such as talking. My responsibilities: Things that break, lizards.

Fair doesn't come into {the law.}

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

The sign of a good society is one that protect its weakest. The strong can always look after themselves.

Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is committed by a Christian, do they mention his religion? ... When a crime is committed by a black man, it's mentioned in the first breath: 'An African American man was arrested today...' But what about German Americans? Anglo Americans? A white man robs a convenience store and do we hear he's of Scottish descent? In no other instance is the ancestry mentioned.

This is why Max loved Mr. Beckmann: he was an equal. He seemed to have navigated his way through seven or so decades of adulthood without forgetting one moment of his childhood- what he loved and hated, feared and coveted.

There would be a time when the world created people stronger than them. When all of this got worked out. But until then there would be women and men like Hanne and Alan, who were imperfect and had no path toward perfection.

Coming out was so difficult until millions of other men and women came out. Then it got a lot easier

Knowledge is a basic human right. Equal access to all possible human experiences is a basic human right.

And making sure this is a place where our humanity is respected, where our opinions are dignified, where our voices are heard—this is as important as any revenue, any stock price, any endeavor undertaken here.

Now we're all God. Every one of us will soon be able to see, and cast judgement upon, every other. We'll see what He sees. We'll articulate His judgement. We'll channel His wrath and deliver His forgiveness. On a constant and global level.

If the farmer gets forty times the commodity rate, then what had been a break-even endeavor becomes a profession—and everyone involved could live with dignity and pride.

It was no longer exotic to have a gay presidential candidate. In fact, since the advent of the Indiana mayor—never president but now a senator—no presidential election had been without one. Though, to be sure, every gay candidate had been in a certain mold—

But if the customer knows that five dollars is the actual price that cup of coffee should be—the correct price to ensure that everyone involved in bringing that cup of coffee into existence is being treated humanely and given a chance to live with dignity—would that customer balk or step up?

America isn't perfect, nor could any nation ever be, but that she has granted more people more freedoms than any other country in the history of the world.

If one still needs a reason to justify being a militant feminist, then head over to the Middle East. That's where you'll find real misogyny, which is propped up by a proper patriarchy. Happy travels!

The left's obsession with judging us on immutable characteristics is what will eventually reach a tipping point and turn neighbor against neighbor, dividing America . . . and beyond.

From Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence to Abraham Lincoln's ending of slavery, it's pasty white dudes who've enshrined your ability to hate them.

The lie behind the buzzword of 'diversity' could not be made more clear: if you don't conform, then you don't count as 'diverse,' no matter what your personal background.

Do white supremacists exist? Yes. Do black, Jew, and Hispanic haters exist? Yes. But are these people fringe and irrelevant? Hell yeah. They have no institutional power. And that's exactly how it should be.

The trans issue is particularly interesting because it directly affects such an infinitesimally small fraction of the population. While that group of people is worthy of equality and protection, ask yourself why this topic is being relentlessly pushed so hard.

progressives see racism, sexism, and discrimination everywhere, except where it actually exists.