269 private quotes tagged equality

“Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.”— Samuel Johnson

“Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.”— Erich Fromm

“The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”— Anatole France

“Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.”— Plato

“Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.”— Samuel Johnson

“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.”— Thomas Paine

“All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.”— Bob Dylan

“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.”— Mark Pryor

“There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.”— Scott Weiland

“I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.”— Olivia Thirlby

“Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.”— Simone Weil

“I am totally against the idea that a Muslim woman should not have the same opportunities as a Muslim man to learn, to open up, to work, help shape the future. To close Islam down to a sexist approach is totally intolerable and ridiculous. It's not Islam.”— King Hussein I

“In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children.”— Carol Bellamy

“The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.”— Alexis de Tocqueville

“All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.”— David Allan Coe

“A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.”— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.”— Michelle Bachelet

“Equality is the soul of liberty there is, in fact, no liberty without it.”— Frances Wright

“To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.”— Golda Meir

“The battle for women's rights has been largely won.”— Margaret Thatcher

“The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.”— Kurt Vonnegut

“In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.”— Marlo Thomas

“Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.”— Bernadette Devlin

“What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.”— Charlotte Bunch

“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 Schurz