No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the...

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Crowns and thrones are all bodies which rise and perish and leave the world as it is.

There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality. That is what father says. What men ought to want is liberty.

Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.

Every actual democracy rests on the principle that not only are equals equal but unequals will not be treated equally. Democracy requires, therefore, first homogeneity and second—if the need arises elimination or eradication of heterogeneity.

[T]he more clamour we make about ‘the women’s point of view’, the more we rub it into people that the women’s point of view is different, and frankly I do not think it is —...

All humans are alike and all humans are equal. It is just the perception of the eye that sees any different.

Death is the only equality guaranteed in life. A poor man will die just as surely as a rich man.

There is no peace among equals because equality doesn’t exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, or both negotiate their differences and create a greater partnership.

The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human inventions, as the name implies – and our species deserves the credit. I...

She finally said: ‘I want to provide you with the opportunity to be free to make a choice of belonging with someone, but never to someone else’.

The Human Rights Campaign has been proud to be part of the enormous progress made on the road to equality over the last 25 years, … While we have miles to go, the national dinner...

The judicial wheel is rounded with equality, oiled with honour and functions smoothly with honesty – principally when both members of the Bench and Bar shoulder their responsibilities seriously.

The problem is that we don’t believe that we are much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholic and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

She may resent Playboy because she resents feeling ugly in sex–or, if “beautiful,” her body defined and diminished by pornography. It inhibits in her something she needs to live, and gives her the ultimate anaphrodisiac:...

While Ian Paisley refuses to share power with nationalists and republicans on the basis of equality and respect Direct Rule Ministers (from Westminster) continue to take bad decisions which impact adversely on people right across...

For if our bodies aren’t our own,And justice isn’t ours,And our love is just a sin,And voices by the peopleAre no longer for the people,What have we left to lose?

For love is exultant when it unites equals, but it is triumphant when it makes that which was unequal equal in love.

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.

EQUAL RIGHTS and FREE DISCUSSION will be fearlessly advocated and maintained. Sectarian dogmas or tenets will be investigated and compared.

The natural and untainted male mind respects and loves the woman and her magnificent scope of capability and creative gifts.

Moreover, I believe that part of America’s genius has always been its ability to absorb newcomers, to forge a national identity out of the disparate lot that arrived on our shores. In this we’ve been...

Only when we learn to value the differences among us can we achieve the true spirit of humanity.

I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority...

A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin.

To treat everyone equally is offensive, because it fails to recognize anyone as an individual.

Whether Maycomb knows it or not, we’re paying the highest tribute we can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.”Who?’ Aunt Alexandra never knew she was echoing her twelve-year-old nephew.’The...

Silence is equality.” I’m sure the deaf would agree too.

The introduction of free competition is thus public declaration that from now on the members of society are unequal only to the extent that their capitals are unequal, that capital is the decisive power, and...

Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny...

Am I sitting here now, months later, in Los Angeles, writing all this down, because I want my life to matter? Maybe so. But I don’t want it to matter more than others. I want...

Sometimes, people call my way of speaking ranting. Why are you always ranting and screaming, they ask. But here’s the thing…the reason why I rant is because I am a voice for many women that...

The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today’s woman has become her “beauty.

‘Never,’ enjoins a women’s magazine, ‘mention the size of his [penis] in public… and never, ever let him know that anyone else knows or you may find it shrivels up and disappears, serving you right.’...

Our democratic societies rest on a meritocratic worldview, or at any rate a meritocratic hope, by which I mean a belief in a society in which inequality is based more on merit and effort than...

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress truth.

Asking forgiveness is not an admission of cowardice and of sin, It is to show that having inner peace is far more important than pride especially if they think that you have wronged them in...

No matter how pathetic or pitiful, every human is fated to have one moment in their lives in which they can change their own destiny.

There is also the basic inequality of being born either with a natural talent or without one. Clever or stupid. No matter how much you try to argue against it, Dora, we are not born...

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

It’s every man’s business to see justice done.

He(Prophet Muhammad) laid the foundation of a universal government. His law was one for all. Equal justice and love for everyone.

It is often attempted to palliate slavery by comparing the state of slaves with our poorer countrymen: if the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions,...

Believe me I do understand and I am disgusted by the idea that we should aim for any less for a child from a poor background than a rich one.

To a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war.

All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.

No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners. We are not to blame for the actions of our ancestors. We can...

Gardening and making your own soap and home-birthing your babies are fine, but these are inherently limited actions. If we want to see genuine food safety, if we want to see sustainable products, if we...