Quotes About Equality

You never cede control of your own ability to be successful to something called racism.

Societies that treat women badly are dangerous societies. The empowerment of women is not only morally right it is also practical in the positive impact it has on so many social ills.

I would rather be ignored than patronized

if the nation were to be stable, individual rights had to be exercised according to rules that all people could understand and trust.

But in the final analysis it doesn't matter whether they were Christian believers, Deists, or atheists: Their intention was to create a system of governance that prohibited the privileging of one set of beliefs over another and allowed citizens the freedom to choose and practice religion without the interference of the state.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know that his future will not be equal to our present?

He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

Anyway, as I was saying, I don't know about you, Granddad, but I come from a long line of"—her gaze flicked through the open door into the room behind—"fishermen, who taught me that whilst I wasn't ever to think I was better than anyone else, I should always keep in mind that I was just as good.

Beverly?" she said. "Lady Evelyn." "Are you a confirmed misogynist or am I special?" His smile was sublime. "My appreciation of the fairer sex is universal, madame.

Better to follow a woman's example than mindlessly heed the dictates of men.

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there.

That ain't right," Addy said. "It ain't, but it's the way things is," Sarah said.

Self-Image and Self Development ? Experiencing more kindness and compassion toward yourself. ? Becoming more and more the person you want to be. ? Self-appreciation. ? Enough security to be open to feedback. ? Sense of equality with others. ? High self-esteem. ? Sense of identity. ? Personal integrity. ? More wholeness and balance. Other

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

You've been trying to pretend to be a boy; you've sensed, rightly or wrongly, that your father would have preferred to have a boy, but there is nothing superior about being a boy. You be yourself, a beautiful woman with brains and knowledge, and be glad to be yourself. Then you will have a happy life.

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

As has been long observed, men are people, but women are women.

Neurosexism promotes damaging, limiting, potentially self-fulfilling stereotypes. Three years ago, I discovered my son's kindergarten teacher reading a book that claimed that his brain was incapable of forging the connection between emotion and language. And so I decided to write this book.

Some day, I must ask him what it's like to be married to someone who, eyes narrowed in thought, peers at him over the tops of sociology articles with titles like "Who Gets the Best Deal from Marriage: Women or Men?" We've had our disagreements, of course. When, for example, are a few dirty cups a symbol of the exertion of male privilege, and when are they merely unwashed dishes?

blatant, intentional discrimination against women is far from being something merely to be read about in history books.

the greater the gender equity of a country, the smaller the gender gap in the importance of the financial resources of a partner (as well as in the importance of other preferences, like chastity and good looks).36