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Quotes About Equality

This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
~ Haile Selassie
No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.
~ Giraldus Cambrensis
Respect all manner of men regardless of their station in life. Compassion is one of the greatest virtues.
~ Anthony Carmona
Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.
~ Sargent Shriver
We're constantly told that all cultures are equal, and that every belief system is as good as the next. And it led to a kind of - and generally, that America was to be known for its flaws rather than its virtues.
~ Frank Miller
Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.
~ Ethel Waters
Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more virtuous.
~ Martin Jacques
When the world is telling us, 'We hate you because you're Asian, we hate you because we think you brought this virus to the world'... we need to kind of meet that with an equal and opposing force.
~ Simu Liu
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things.
~ Ian Mckellen
There cannot be any concessions on the matter of human rights or the criteria for visa liberalisation.
~ Francois Hollande
Inequality brings a visceral reaction. We fought many years to bring others to believe in what was possible with women's soccer, in this country and globally. Now that the possible is being realized in this country, the American women should be compensated accordingly.
~ Julie Foudy
Flags are about proclaiming power... that visibility is key to our success and to our justice.
~ Gilbert Baker
I was surprised by the attention and visibility on me as a black woman CEO. I look forward to the day when this is the norm and not the exception.
~ Stacy Brown-Philpot
Only a straight white person would have no concept of what visibility is. They've never contended with anything but visibility.
~ Rostam Batmanglij
Drag Race' is giving visibility to our community. It's on TV and you can see RuPaul, who is a black, queer, powerful figure who has run this empire for years, and I think that's an amazing thing.
~ Alaska
It feels like for a long time we, in the LGBTQ community, have been fighting for our role, sort of fighting for our visibility and fighting for our stories.
~ Scott Evans
I think the first step towards exploring the unexplored side of the LGBTQ community is to show them on screen, to create a visibility.
~ Ncuti Gatwa
I'm so happy trans visibility has increased immensely.
~ Jazz Jennings
Visibility doesn't always equal freedom.
~ Jenny Zhang
I hope that in 50 years I can look back and say I made my most fervent efforts to provide visibility for the unseen.
~ Paloma Elsesser
The activism of marginalized people often comes with visibility and being heard. Which can lead people to believe that recognition and awareness is the actual end point. And it is not.
~ DeRay Mckesson
Visibility is not, in itself, always a good thing, but when it is in the hands of those who need positive visibility, it can be.
~ Hari Nef
We need a lot more visibility of queer people in public life. People gotta get used to it.
~ Ezra Furman
There's so much visibility for trans people, for gay men and lesbians, but there's still not a lot for bisexual people.
~ Courtney Act