Top 1200 Marriage Equality Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.

Women must have economic and social equality with men.

One needs either equality or political and economic superiority.

The 19th century Mormons, including some of my ancestors, were not eager to practice plural marriage. They followed the example of Brigham Young, who expressed his profound negative feelings when he first had this principle revealed to him. The Mormons of the 19th century who practiced plural marriage, male and female, did so because they felt it was a duty put upon them by God.

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.

Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions.

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.

Equality cannot be reached if fought in a divisive way.

There is nothing more opposed to equality than identity.

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

God alone created marriage. Adam slept through the entire ceremony. Eve came in late. It seems to me men are still sleeping through marriage, and women are still coming to their senses a little too late. God alone performed that ceremony, and He alone can hold it together.

Gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls.

Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.

What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality.

It's important to be transparent, to remove secrecy from issues of equality.

Gender equality is one of the principles we will never compromise at Accenture.

Rely on facts, figures, principles of equality and fairness.

I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

To me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.

I suppose it was that in courtship everything is regarded as provisional and preliminary, and the smallest sample of virtue or accomplishment is taken to guarantee delightful stores which the broad leisure of marriage will reveal. But the door-sill of marriage once crossed, expectation is concentrated on the present. Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and that the sea is not within sight-that, in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin.

Equality is a nice idea, but it's entirely impossible to prove.

I couldn't possibly explain why the common person would be against something like that. It's all rooted in sexual hang-ups. The whole institution of marriage itself really has no place in a progressive society. I don't know why anyone would want to get married heterosexually, so why they'd be against homosexual marriage is flummoxing. I only use that word when I'm talking to someone from the British press.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Equality may be the law, but no human power can install it.

A man of quality is never threatened by a woman of equality.

Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions.

No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.

The defect of equality is that we desire it only with our superiors.

Women Who Seek Equality With Men Lack Ambition

Equality should be the chief basis of the education of youth.

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.

Like faith, marriage is a mystery. The person you're committed to spending your life with is known and yet unknown, at the same time remarkably intimate and necessarily other. The classic seven-year itch may not be a case of familiarity breeding ennui and contempt, but the shock of having someone you thought you knew all too well suddenly seem a stranger. When that happens, you are compelled to either recommit to the relationship or get the hell out. There are many such times in a marriage.

Economic equality is the master-key to nonviolent independence.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

The wonder of marriage is woven into the wonder of the gospel of the cross of Christ, and the message of the cross is foolishness to the natural man, and so the meaning of marriage is foolishness to the natural man.

I believe there is complete equality between men and women.

A lot of people [are] saying civil union," Faried told KDVR. "I don't like it being called that because I can get married to a female and it can be called a marriage. Why can't a female be married to a female and male be married to a male and it be called a marriage? You still have the same thing, same love and happiness.

Conservatives cannot be absent from the debate on inequality and equality in the nation.

Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride price and child marriage, and to enforce women to be involved in school. Every time, the reaction from the traditionalists was one of contempt and scorn and at times outright rebellion. I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.

Women have always been more critical of marriage than men. The great mysterious irony of it is - at least it's the stereotype - that women want to get married and men are trying to avoid it. Marriage doesn't benefit women as much as men, and it never has. And women, once they are married, become very critical of marriages in a way that men don't.

What good is talking if neither of you are really committed? If one of you had an affair or got addicted to drugs or was abusive, simply talking about it wouldn;t take the hurt away; or fix the trust that's been lost. In the end, marriage comes down to actions. I think people talk too much about the things that bother them, instead of actually doing the little things that keep a marriage strong.

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

My mother has always been a proponent of equality on the screen.

Equality and separation cannot exist in the same space.

No other human relationship can approach the potential for intimacy and oneness than can be found within the context of a marriage commitment. And yet no other relationship can bring with it as many adjustments, difficulties and even hurts. There's no way you can avoid these difficulties; each couple's journey is unique. But there is much you can do to prepare for that journey. An engagement is not just a time of preparation for a wedding, but also preparation for a marriage.

Socialism values equality more than liberty.

I don't see how any African-American, with any inkling of history, can say that you don't have the right to live your life how you want to live your life. No one should be telling you who you should love, no one should be telling you who you should be spending the rest of your life with. When we start talking about equality, and everybody being treated equally, I don't want to know an African-American who will say everybody doesn't deserve equality.

Gender equality must become a lived reality.

I do have a huge debt of gratitude to people who fought for equality.

My life won't have full quality until we achieve equality for all.

We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples due process and equal protection of the laws. Civil marriage is one of the cornerstones of our way of life. It allows individuals to celebrate and publicly declare their intentions to form lifelong partnerships, which provide unparalleled intimacy, companionship, emotional support and security.

The birth of a child is in many ways the end of a marriage - marriage including a child has to be reinvented, and reinvented at a time when both husband and wife are under unprecedented stress and the wife is exhausted, physically drained, and emotionally in shock. A man's conflict between wanting his child to have a mother and wanting to have the mother to himself is potentially intolerable.

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

In one fell swoop we can now see the same mental health benefits of marriage for same sex couples as heterosexual couples, the main reason there is a benefit to being in a legally recognized marriage is that it introduces a level of stability into a relationship. This is going to help change the social climate. Hearing the Supreme Court say this is OK will help couples feel like they're part of regular society.

We live in a world where equality is the most important thing.

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.