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Quotes About Equality

We don't need a cure," the other zombie said. "That's right," Scapegrace nodded. "We're happy the way we are." "Happy with the power," Scapegrace clarified. "Very happy, just the two of us, and there's nothing wrong with us either. It's very natural in fact. Nothing to be ashamed of—" "Thrasher," said Scapegrace, "shut up.
~ Derek Landy
Skulduggery was right by Valkyrie's elbow, but remained quiet. She appreciated that. Any other man would have leaped in to defend her honour. Valkyrie was quite capable of doing that herself.
~ Derek Landy
I'm not a thing. I'm not an it. I'm a person. I am a her. - Stephanie (the reflection)
~ Derek Landy
Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.
~ Thomas Piketty
The same arguments which go to show that knowledge is power, that the condition of a people is improved in proportion as the masses are educated, have their application with equal weight to the deaf.
~ Edward Miner Gallaudet
Sexist language, racist language, theistic language - all are typical of the policing languages of mastery, and cannot, do not, permit new knowledge or encourage the mutual exchange of ideas.
~ Toni Morrison
They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.
~ Malala Yousafzai
A woman with knowledge is something that frightens the status quo quite a lot.
~ Helen Mirren
I always was very interested in intellect and the massive world of knowledge out there, but in terms of being a kid who wanted to be treated as an equal, school is not the place.
~ Ezra Miller
The humanities don't belong to some elitist group... knowledge as a whole should be embraced.
~ Ruth Simmons
Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
~ Ramana Maharshi
When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.
~ William J. Clinton
A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.
~ Daisaku Ikeda
Since male and female incarnations are equally necessary for self-knowledge, it is not right to look upon one as being more important than the other.
~ Meher Baba
The world grows more enlightened. Knowledge is more equally diffused.
~ John Adams
I am as bad as the worst but thank God I am as good as the best.
~ Walt Whitman
Not all slaves are poor, and not all free men are rich.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
For women there are undoubtedly great difficulties in the path but so much the more to overcome. First no woman would say "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?
~ Maria Mitchell
Remember Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but she did it backwards and in high heels.
~ Faith Whittlesey
If you know who you are, you do not need to consider yourself to be worse or better than someone else
~ Sunday Adelaja
We might not be equal in what we know but we are surely equal, in what we do not know.
~ Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya
We might not be equal in what we know but we are equal in what we do not know.
~ Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya
Liberty is no less a blessing because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
~ Lucretia Mott
Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.
~ Haile Selassie