Quotes by Equality No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. George Orwell equalityreformliterature . . . money . . . is really the difference between men and animals, most of the things men feel, animals feel, and vice versa, but animals do not know about money. Gertrude Stein equalityanimalmen A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. Gloria Steinem equalityempoweringwomen Law and justice are not always the same. Gloria Steinem equalitylawjustice Most women are one man away from welfare. Gloria Steinem equalityfeministmen To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. Golda Meir equalitysuccessfuljobs If you're an extraordinarily gifted woman, the door is open. What women are fighting for is the right to be as mediocre as men. Grace Hartigan equalityfightingmen In the last 25 years, we've convinced ourselves and a majority of the country that women can do what men can do. Now we have to convince the majority of the country - and ourselves - that men can do what women can do. ... Let's face it: until men are fully equal inside the home, women will never be really equal outside it. Gloria Steinem equalityhomecountry The theory of free speech, that truth is so much larger and stranger and more many-sided than we know of, that it is very much better at all costs to hear everyone's account of it, is a theory which has been justified on the whole by experiment, but which remains a very daring and even a very surprising theory. It is really one of the great discoveries of the modern time. Gilbert K. Chesterton equalitycostdiscovery For religion all men are equal, as all pennies are equal, because the only value of any of them is that they bear the image of the king. Gilbert K. Chesterton equalitykingsmen Man cannot pretend to be higher in ethics, spirituality, advancement, or civilization than other creatures and at the same time live by lower standards than the vulture or hyena. H. Jay Dinshah hyenasequalitymen The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and oppress its betters, and that is precisely the kind that we mainly have. H. L. Mencken equalityannoyingkind the public sphere is as consistently based on the law of equality as the private sphere is based on the law of universal difference and differentiation. Equality, in contrast to all that is involved in mere existence, is not given us, but is the result of human organization insofar as it is guided by the principle of justice. We are not born equal; we become equal as members of a group on the strength of our decision to guarantee ourselves mutually equal rights. Hannah Arendt equalityrightslaw Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality. Harlan F. Stone doctrineequalitypeople Herein, lies the key to love. Love builds bridges. Soul exists because God loves It. Soul equals Soul; no one Soul is greater than another. Experience the greatest love of all. Harold Klemp equalitykeyslying In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. Harry A. Blackmun equalityraceorder No man has ever been born a Negro hater, Harry Bridges suicidalequalitymen There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life. Harry Bridges equalityfightingwar Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal. Hannah Arendt equalitybornorganization All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow. H. L. Mencken deniedequalequality«678910111213141516»
