logo

Quotes About Equality

In the dark, equality for all of mankind couldn't seem brighter.
~ Robert M. Hensel
Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
~ Anthony Trollope
Equality cannot be reached if fought in a divisive way.
~ Lady Gaga
Equality of two domestic powers Breeds scrupulous faction.
~ William Shakespeare
I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.
~ Harriet Harman
Equality of opportunity is the essence of social justice.
~ Unknown
We can do better. ...We can't ignore the inequalities that persist in our justice system that undermine our most deeply held values of fairness and equality.
~ Hillary Clinton
Equality begins with economic empowerment.
~ George H. W. Bush
Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: "Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I."
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.
~ Aldous Huxley
Today, we talk a lot about equality, but I think what most people mean by it is sameness - that everybody is the same - and they are afraid if they are not the same, they are not equal.
~ Erich Fromm
The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies.
~ Jacques Maritain
In order to achieve that end goal of equality it is a very gendered oppression primarily affecting women that needs to be tackled.
~ Laura Bates
Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it.
~ Ninon de L'Enclos
Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion.
~ Thomas Jefferson
I believe the era of the militant lady is back.
~ Sara Sheridan
As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones.
~ Steven Pinker
Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Watchword of French Revolution. And bold and hard adventures t' undertake, Leaving his country for his country's sake.
~ Unknown
Equals, the proverb goes, delight in equals.
~ Plato
When we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect.
~ James Madison
Inequality and hierarchy are natural, but that doesn't mean they are right, that doesn't mean there is isn't a productive tension between those forces and the forces of equality.
~ Chris Hayes
The likelihood that inborn differences are one contributor to social status does not mean that it is the only contributor.
~ Steven Pinker
The great aim of the struggle for liberty has been equality before the law.
~ Friedrich August von Hayek