Quotes About Equality

It's quite a thing when the world is upside down to hear someone say it don't have to be—that a man could be paid enough to feed and house himself.

Too far, Mrs. Jones! You go too far! You go too far confusing the cause of labor with that of socialism

I fell in love with my country—its rivers, prairies, forests, mountains, cities and people. . . . It could be a paradise on earth if it belonged to the people, not to a small owning class. —Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Nobody gets their period for the first time and has a nervous breakdown next to a Kohler toilet. Men have such stupid ideas about menstruation, don't they, Julie?

You don't get to pick which parts of me you find acceptable and throw away what you don't.

All of us are so much more alike than we want to accept.

that in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents.

No man wants a woman who dresses like a dishwasher.

Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly.

What we need to do is raise the minimum wage. We also need to hold onto equal pay. Women work for 76 cents on the dollar for the same work that men do. That's not right in America.

Those who work ought to live better than those that don't.

The bad workmen who form the majority of the operatives in many branches of industry are decidedly of opinion that bad workmen ought to receive the same wages as good.

At this point of time in history, I don't think that women in any work force that's a male-dominated work force have the same rules to play or live by as men do.

I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.

Although black and white Americans live, work, and learn together now, there is still injustice in America.

O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing with things as human beings.

Nobody ever asks men about the work-life balance, and I just find that interesting, because clearly, I would imagine most men also want to be good fathers, and I'm sure they want to be good partners.

Never send a boy to do a man's work; send a woman.

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

Women in America work so hard and not all of them get their shot. And I feel like I worked hard, but I also got my opportunity, which puts in a different category of blessings.

You're able to make a real difference. If a woman's able to step away financially, she's able to begin to do all the other work.

Women inevitably have to work a little bit harder to be heard. Hollywood is disgustingly sexist. It's crazy.

I'm pushing for citizen equality not because of some moral idea, but because this is the essential way to crack the corruption that now makes it so Washington can't work.

I like all my work equally. I look at the projects as children. I look at the experience more than the end result.