Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents. Votes: 3
David Samuel, 3rd Viscount SamuelThe history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. Votes: 3
Elizabeth Cady StantonNo struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. Votes: 3
Muhammad Ali JinnahTime for Tolerance,Equality, and Acceptance, It's allways TEA time with my Friends... Votes: 3
Gregory DouglassThere should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion. Votes: 3
Malala YousafzaiEquality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle. Votes: 3
B. R. AmbedkarAll men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality. Votes: 3
David Allan CoeEquality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions. Votes: 3
Andrew JacksonWe will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. Votes: 3
Will RogersA claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. Votes: 3
Friedrich August von HayekEquality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. Votes: 3
Honore de BalzacIf we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. Votes: 3
John F. KennedyEquality is the measure of all things, and bad behavior is less bad if everyone indulges in it. Votes: 3
Anthony DanielsThere's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality. Votes: 3
Charles KrauthammerIf you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. Votes: 3
J. K. RowlingEquality of Ugliness: If we can't all live in a beautiful place we must all live in an ugly place. Votes: 3
Theodore DalrympleAll the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free Votes: 2
VoltaireOur lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Votes: 1
Martin Luther King JrDemocracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people Votes: 1
Oscar WildeDemocracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely Votes: 1
AristotleI would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us Votes: 1
Sacha GuitryRepublican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality. Votes: 0
Timothy NoahFree trade is very important if we respect equality among nations. Votes: 0
Luiz Inacio Lula da SilvaNobody is such an individualist as the man who advocates equality. Votes: 0
Katherine Cecil ThurstonAmerican society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality. Votes: 0
Bryant H. McGillLaws that require equal protections reinforce the moral imperative of equality. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonFeminism is equality: politically; culturally; socially; economically. That's it, that simple. Votes: 0
Emma WatsonAs man seeks justice in equality, so society seeks order in anarchy. Votes: 0
Pierre-Joseph ProudhonTo refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect. Votes: 0
Elizabeth Cady StantonAs equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyWe cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all. Votes: 0
Helen Gahagan DouglasAny serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality. Votes: 0
Helen ClarkI believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities. Votes: 0
Jack CanfieldMore countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. Votes: 0
Kofi AnnanConservatives believe in equality of opportunity. Liberals believe in equality of outcome. Votes: 0
Mike RosenIt is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles. Votes: 0
Eleanor RooseveltFinding your bliss in true equality and great quality can only benefit others Votes: 0
Ana Claudia AntunesWhat is life without liberty; and what is liberty without equality of rights? Votes: 0
Ernestine RoseProclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother. Votes: 0
Thomas HuxleyOnly where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawIn science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. Votes: 0
Mary McCarthyAchieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it. Votes: 0
Phumzile Mlambo-NgcukaWhat's absolutely impossible to prove is the idea of innate and everlasting equality. Votes: 0
Jim GoadDisease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonThe great aim of the struggle for liberty has been equality before the law. Votes: 0
Friedrich August von HayekRamadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality Votes: 0
Barack ObamaIt is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively. Votes: 0
Anatoly KarpovA woman needs independence, not equality. In most cases, equality is a step down. Votes: 0
Coco ChanelA resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure. Votes: 0
Nick RahallOur goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality. Votes: 0
Jesse JacksonThe state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality. Votes: 0
Ruth Bader GinsburgThe immense appetite we have for biography comes from a deep-seated sense of equality. Votes: 0
Charles BaudelaireDo people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking? Votes: 0
Krzysztof KieslowskiDo people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?" Votes: 0
Krzysztof KieslowskiWe shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty. Votes: 0
William Graham SumnerHappy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress. Votes: 0
John LegendYou cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities! Votes: 0
Leymah GboweeHuman rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality. Votes: 0
Tony FernandesJah come to break downpression, rule equality, wipe away transgression, set the captives free. Votes: 0
Bob MarleyDemocracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity. Votes: 0
Irving KristolThe way the Democrats go about seeking equality is to lower people at the top. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughThe revolution of equality between men and women has began, there is no going back Votes: 0
Gertrude MongellaThere is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality. Votes: 0
Brad ThorA feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. Votes: 0
Gloria SteinemI believe in gender equality and I love that I can represent strong modern-day women. Votes: 0
Katie Cassidy[Fighting for equality for women] that's what my mission has been for the last years. Votes: 0
Paula BroadwellIntellect has nothing to do with equality except to respect it as a sublime convention. Votes: 0
Jacques BarzunDemands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf. Votes: 0
Alice S. RossiDemands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf. Votes: 0
Alice S RossiThe equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies. Votes: 0
Jacques MaritainI am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. Votes: 0
Theodore BikelThe uses of government should be to foster, protect and promote the possession of equality. Votes: 0
Victoria WoodhullFeminist: A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes. Votes: 0
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNo republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails. Votes: 0
Edward BellamyLiberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine! Votes: 0
Charles DickensLiberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!" Votes: 0
Charles DickensI am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women. Votes: 0
Christy TurlingtonThe highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service. Votes: 0
Arthur Hugh CloughThe highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service." Votes: 0
Arthur Hugh CloughWeariness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity-and finally liberty is bestowed by sleep. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheThere is a tremendous rise now in feminine awareness and wishing for equality, equal opportunities. Votes: 0
Tenzin Palmo[A]lthough the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing. Votes: 0
Barack Obamathe central argument of the backlash - that women's equality is responsible for women's unhappiness. Votes: 0
Susan FaludiWhere there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation. Votes: 0
Thomas PaineVirtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality. Votes: 0
Baron de MontesquieuBelieve in no other God than the one who insists on justice and equality among men. Votes: 0
George SandWe will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel. Votes: 0
Estelle RameyThe only way to ensure equality for women is to clearly declare it in our Constitution. Votes: 0
Carolyn MaloneyThe weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either. Votes: 0
AristotlePressure or violence will ever move us to relinquish our honor or our equality of rights. Votes: 0
Adolf HitlerThe vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guarantee of your liberty. Votes: 0
Carrie Chapman CattTo a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war. Votes: 0
Eugen Rosenstock-HuessyNo country will reach its full potential if its female citizens do not enjoy full equality. Votes: 0
Helen ClarkVote Love means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote whats right for humanity. Votes: 0
MacklemoreVote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity. Votes: 0
MacklemoreI believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins. Votes: 0
Janis JoplinWe clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence. Votes: 0
Eric HofferLiberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience. Votes: 0
Isaiah BerlinAll I asked for was equality and independence. A rotating chairmanship might have been the answer. Votes: 0
D. J. EnrightThere never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers. Votes: 0
Susan B. AnthonyA few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women. Votes: 0
Antonio Munoz MolinaI think you have to take the whole idea of wage equality out of the film industry. Votes: 0
Jessica ChastainFishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. Votes: 0
Herbert HooverIt has been a long march to equality. We have cracked the door, and opened the window. Votes: 0
Donna BrazileSuch security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily equality in the use of the earth. Votes: 0
Benjamin TuckerI don't hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more. Votes: 0
Thaddeus StevensIn the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law. Votes: 0
Eric LiuIf Britain were honest, which I dispute, she would then embrace all nations on terms of equality. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiI will return to Libya and undertake my duties and obligations to bring equality within the chaos. Votes: 0
Al-Saadi GaddafiI'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength. Votes: 0
Sandra LeeThe wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. Votes: 0
Andrew JacksonEconomic equality of my conception does not mean that every one will literally have the same amount. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiAn idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new. Votes: 0
Antonio Munoz MolinaYou learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that. Votes: 0
Arthur AsheThe true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone. Votes: 0
Pope John XXIIITo find equality for mankind, we must first remove the barriers that have divided us for so long. Votes: 0
Robert M. HenselWe don't live in a society that has genuine equality, and every woman we know has experienced that. Votes: 0
Sara SheridanWe have the data to prove to men that gender equality is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win. Votes: 0
Michael KimmelI'm a Christian. I want the world of justice and equality. This is the only way to achieve peace. Votes: 0
Hugo ChavezThere's no such thing as equality. No two people are the same. You will not have the same clothes. Votes: 0
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodThere's no such thing as equality. No two people are the same. You will not have the same clothes. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughWe want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well. Votes: 0
David SouterSweden is an open, liberal, secular and democratic country. We strive towards achieving equality; we are forward-looking and refuse to be pulled back by social constructs such as religion. Votes: 3 Bjorn Ulvaeus
The authority of science ... promotes and encourages the activity of observing, comparing, measuring and ordering the physical characteristics of human bodies.... Cartesian epistemology and classical ideals produced forms of rationality, scientificity and objectivity that, though efficacious in the quest for truth and knowledge, prohibited the intelligibility and legitimacy of black equality.... In fact, to "think" such an idea was to be deemed irrational, barbaric or mad. Votes: 3 Cornel West
The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes of citizens and that all alike shall be subject to the same punishment. Votes: 1 Lyman Trumbull
My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that people aren't given equality of opportunity. Votes: 2 Zadie Smith
When we talk about feminism - equality without apology for all - we can't be talking about for all white women or all highly educated women but all women, regardless of color, class, creed, sexual orientation or identity. Votes: 1 Christine Pelosi
Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you're never going to defeat this pandemic. Votes: 3 Stephen Lewis
In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. Votes: 3 Mary McCarthy
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. Votes: 5 Mikhail Bakunin
Marriage equality - I think that it's a constitutionally guaranteed right. Let's end the drug wars. Let's balance the federal budget, and that means reforming the entitlements - Medicaid, Medicare. Votes: 1 Gary Johnson
The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union. Votes: 1 Gerry Adams
You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality. Votes: 3 Zadie Smith
Garage Magazine' has a strong track record of promoting diversity and racial and gender equality in the worlds of art and fashion and will continue in our mission to stir positive debate on these and other issues. Votes: 1 Dasha Zhukova
The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time. Votes: 3 Ban Ki-moon
As a public person, I've always tried to reflect what is embodied in our defining ideals as a nation about equality and fairness and justice and so forth. Votes: 4 John F. Kerry
God allows unjust disparities between rich and poor because He does not miraculously intervene to establish justice against human wills. Also, discrepancies are not unjust by themselves; justice does not mean equality of result but equality of opportunity. Votes: 1 Peter Kreeft
Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open. Votes: 3 Gerry Adams
I'm a Christian. I want the world of justice and equality. This is the only way to achieve peace. Votes: 4 Hugo Chavez
The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone. Votes: 1 Pope John XXIII
We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up gender equality becomes a natural way of life. And we have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible. Votes: 3 Beyonce Knowles
I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country. Votes: 3 Quentin Bryce
If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters. Votes: 6 Christine Pelosi
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. Votes: 5 Mahatma Gandhi
Barack Obama's decision to come out in favour of gay marriage may be a historic occasion, but it is not an isolated one. His administration has been making pro-gay noises for some time; his demographic in the upcoming election is young and educated, precisely the group that favours equality for the LGBT community. Votes: 3 Edmund White
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. Votes: 1 Mahatma Gandhi
We are a model country where gender equality is concerned. Votes: 2 Tarja Halonen
Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in our nation's pockets of poverty. Votes: 4 Jack Kemp
In Canada, women's rights are a vital part of our effort to build a society of real equality - not just for some, but for all Canadians. A society in which women no longer encounter discrimination nor are shut out from opportunities open to others. Votes: 3 Paul Martin
Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. Votes: 7 Sonia Sotomayor
True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off. Votes: 4 Nicola Sturgeon
There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work. Votes: 3 Ken Livingstone
We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments. Votes: 3 Adlai E. Stevenson
Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. Votes: 3 Sonia Sotomayor
Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them. Votes: 1 B. R. Ambedkar
Educational equality doesn't guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and 'leaky pipelines' that prevent women from getting ahead in the workplace. Votes: 1 Michelle Bachelet
I hope that by just being a competent member and expressing informed views on issues that aren't related to issues of LGBT equality, Republicans see me as a general asset. Votes: 2 Mark Takano
I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality. Votes: 1 John Randolph
Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere. Votes: 3 Malala Yousafzai
The people who believe themselves to be on the left, and who defend the agents of Islam in the name of tolerance and culture, are being rightwing. Not just rightwing. Extreme rightwing. I don't understand how you can be so upset about the Christian right and just ignore the Islamic right. I'm talking about equality. Votes: 1 Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support. Votes: 5 Ban Ki-moon
True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology. Votes: 2 Monica Crowley
I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. Votes: 3 Theodore Bikel
I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. Votes: 5 Thomas Paine
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity. Votes: 6 Irving Kristol
Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice. Votes: 1 Max Nordau
True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology. Votes: 3 Monica Crowley
True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology. Votes: 1 Monica Crowley
Whenever equality rights and religious rights collide, equality rights trump. Votes: 3 Vic Toews
Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest. Votes: 3 Barack Obama
Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious ways, a rebel unafraid to take the tougher, less traveled paths. Seems to me you're playing the long game. Is that why more states are coming out in favor of marriage equality? Is that why the Affordable Care Act is now with us? Votes: 1 Henry Rollins
True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology. Votes: 1 Monica Crowley
To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism. Votes: 6 Herbert Read
We are a model country where gender equality is concerned. Votes: 6 Tarja Halonen
The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies. Votes: 1 Michelle Bachelet
Clearly, only very unequal intellectual and moral standing could justify having equality imposed, whether the people want it or not, as Dworkin suggests, and only very unequal power would make it possible. Votes: 3 Thomas Sowell
No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. Votes: 2 George Orwell
President Obama and Democrats won a mandate to move us forward with jobs, healthcare reform, equality, and nation building here at home. Votes: 1 Christine Pelosi
The storm and stress period of women and the new social and psychological formations thereby entailed must indeed extend far into the twentieth century. This period of conflict will cease only when woman within and out of marriage shall have received legal equality with man. Votes: 1 Ellen Key
Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance. Votes: 4 Charlize Theron
There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality. Votes: 4 Brad Thor
Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view. Votes: 2 Jenny Shipley
As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones. Votes: 4 Steven Pinker
The United Nations stands for the freedom and equality of all peoples, irrespective of race, religion, or ideology. Votes: 0 Ralph Bunche
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice. Votes: 3 Mark Pryor
OK, in all seriousness, I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness. Votes: 1 Jennifer Aniston
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity. Votes: 1 B. R. Ambedkar
Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor. Votes: 3 Rita Dove
From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence. Votes: 1 Paul Tsongas
There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality. Votes: 8 Brad Thor
The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. Votes: 3 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality. Votes: 1 Pierre de Coubertin
The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way. Votes: 1 Martha Plimpton
Women won't have total equality until men can get pregnant. Votes: 4 Diana Palmer
Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation. Votes: 3 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah. Votes: 3 Afrika Bambaataa
Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity. Votes: 1 Macklemore
Despite great advances in women's rights, statistics show that when it comes to the balance of power between the sexes, equality is far from being a global reality. Votes: 1 Sam Taylor-Johnson
There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work. Votes: 1 Ken Livingstone