Quotes On Equality

Equality is about ensuring that every individual has an equal opportunity to make the most of their lives and talents. It is also the belief that no one should have poorer life chances because of the way they were born, where they come from, what they believe, or whether they have a disability.

Equality recognises that historically certain groups of people with protected characteristics such as race, disability, sex and sexual orientation have experienced discrimination. 

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. – Winston Churchill

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. – Gloria Steinem

Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another. – Thomas Paine

I believe in equality for everyone. – Mahatma Gandhi

Race, gender, religion, sexuality, we are all people and that’s it. – Connor Franta

When I look at a person, I see a person – not a rank, not a class, not a title. – Criss Jami

The parts of me that used to think I was different or smarter or whatever, almost made me die.– David Foster

It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. – Audre Lorder

We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. – C. Joybell C.

Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently. – Shane Koyczan

Being different is a revolving door in your life where secure people enter and insecure exit. – Shannon Alder

Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more. – Bill Clinton

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them. – Orhan Pamuk

If you hate difference, you’ll be bored to death. – Toba Beta

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. – Jane Goodall

Understanding languages and other cultures builds bridges. – Suzy Kassem

People will be able to see their similarities before differences. – Suzy Kassem

We must allow difference of taste. – Jane Austen

Love is a snowflake for no two are ever the same. – Kamand Kojouri

Before God, we are all equally wise, and equally foolish. -Albert Einstein

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it. -Frances Wright

These men ask for just the same thing: fairness, and fairness only. This is, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. -Abraham Lincoln

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor’s rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. -Carl Shurz

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. -Barbara Jordan

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

Women’s rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us. -Toni Morrison

Difference in opinion does not imply difference in principle. – Mike Klepper

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. -Franz Boas

Equal pay isn’t just a women’s issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits. -Mike Honda

The word ‘equality’ shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it’s not the American way. -Martha Plimpton

Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It’s about something greater. It’s about acceptance. -Charlize Theron

I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality. -Alice Paul

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. -David Cameron

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. -Mary McCarthy

Equality implies individuality. -Trey Anastasio

Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions. -Slobodan Milosevic

Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society. -Sonia Sotomayor

Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag. – Adrian Cronauer

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It’s how true friends talk. -Peggy Noonan

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it. – Frances Wright

These men ask for just the same thing: fairness, and fairness only. This is, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. – Abraham Lincoln

People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. – Alan Moore

Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they are born. – Melinda Gates

Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we’re opened, we’re red. – Clive Barker

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. – Franz Boas

Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another. – Thomas Paine

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Race, gender, religion, sexuality, we are all people and that’s it. – Connor Franta

I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness. – Nelson Mandela

Equality is not always about treating everyone the same – it is about treating people in such a way that the outcome for each person can be the same. This means putting things in place to support people to achieve similar outcomes. For a person who is blind it may involve having screen readers on your computers and removing obstacles in your building.

Equality is not always about treating everyone the same – it is about treating people in such a way that the outcome for each person can be the same. This means putting things in place to support people to achieve similar outcomes. For a person who is blind it may involve having screen readers on your computers and removing obstacles in your building.

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