Top 1200 Fairness And Equality Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

I was always like that, at 5 years old, just demanding equality. I thought it could all be fixed if you called attention to it.

I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women.

An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.

A delightful form of government, anarchic and motley, assigning a kind of equality indiscriminately to equals and unequals alike!

All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.

I was always told that I acted too white. I was always told that I was going to date a white guy - which, in fairness, was true: I do have a white boyfriend. So they weren't entirely wrong, but all of those things were really damaging.

If you are trying to balance the scales of justice and equality in all your work relationships, you're going to come up short.

Im an American. Weve translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and thats getting Americanised.

The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in an unequal relationship.

Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.

Free milk will be provided in Hoxton and Shoredith, in Eton and Harrow. What more social equality can you have than that?

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.

Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice

The battle goes on for me; as a gay man, I shall not be happy until I see equality across the board.

I think in the United States we have a different standard for what equality means for women that isn't really that comparable to that in the Middle East.

With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation.

A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.

It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!

Changing the dialogue and behaviors around race and equality in sports starts with removing barriers and creating opportunities.

The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice.

There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.

If Britain were honest, which I dispute, she would then embrace all nations on terms of equality.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal

The Democratic Party is always going to be the party of civil rights and fairness - everybody gets an equal, fair shot at the American dream. And we're going to be the party that really fights to protect planet Earth - enjoy whatever time we're going to get!

Jah come to break downpression, rule equality, wipe away transgression, set the captives free.

Our participation in the single market, and our ability to help set its rules is the principal reason for our membership of the EU. So it is a vital interest for us to protect the integrity and fairness of the single market for all its members.

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

He wasn't someone fighting for racial equality. He was the leader of a violent, Communist revolution that has nearly succeeded in all of its grisly horror.

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.

The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.

Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.

I have never been prouder to be a lifelong New Yorker than I am today with the passage of marriage equality.

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

I believe equality in a relationship is very important, and for that, both partners should be equally capable to handle anything.

The woman has the right to be emancipated from the position of a drudge or a toy. She is entitled to a full equality in rights with man.

Terrorism does not disappear with revenge tactics but through making justice and equality before law a reality.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.

It is of the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of the fact that they are different.

Despite saying the letters 'LGBTQ' at the RNC, Donald Trump consistently endorsed anti-equality positions.

I'm 100 percent serious. I've been fighting for equality for women's issues my entire life, in the military included.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.

I think we're at a point in history where, generally, people consider themselves to be feminists in the sense that we believe in the equality of the sexes.

Housing is predominantly presented as a generational issue: millennials aren't able to get on the property ladder in the same way their parents were. But while it's true that intergenerational fairness is an issue, this way of presenting the housing crisis glosses over much.

I would say to Republicans that when you look at civil rights legislation that took place in the 1960s, it took a bipartisan effort to get those things done, and so what I would tell my colleagues, both Republicans and Democrats, is let's come together, and let's be for fairness.

Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.

The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.

I personally feel a responsibility to demonstrate to that we girls have the power to not only gain equality for women but all sectors of society.

I do believe 100 percent that Black lives matter and that the cause to achieve and pursue equality supersedes basketball.

And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.

The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.

In a democracy, you have the right to say what you want, but don't forget about equality: are you putting someone else down by saying it?

[On the ERA Equality March:] It's the funniest thing. I don't feel there's any discrimination. I know my husband feels that way.

When governments rely increasingly on sophisticated public relations agencies, public debate disappears and is replaced by competing propaganda campaigns, with all the accompanying deceits. Advertising isn't about truth or fairness or rationality, but about mobilising deeper and more primitive layers of the human mind.

The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent.

The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.

One hundred and fifty years after Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, equality for many Americans remains elusive.

I'm an actor first and foremost. But I've also started an organization, Broadway Impact, that advocates for marriage equality. I'm an actorvist.