Equality Quotes - Page 31

To me it's always been a no-brainer. Maybe I'm just simplistic about it, but if you believe in equality of opportunity, and want to champion equality of opportunity, that makes you a feminist.

I would find it difficult to be involved in an effort that I think disenfranchises people from a fundamental right. How do you work with people who are opposed to marriage equality? I don't want to do it.

We need an inspiring vision of equality that resonates in the hearts, minds, and souls of all Americans.

Wonder Woman is most definitely a feminist, or a humanist, in no uncertain terms. Her prime goal in life is to teach peaceful coexistence and equality.

I'm a fan of the kind of political correctness that is about not promoting prejudice. But some people in America are offended by equality because when you've had privilege for so long, equality feels like oppression.

As a member of the Democratic Women's Working Group and Co-Chair of the Congressional Seniors Task Force, I will keep fighting for women's rights until they are completely secured. My daughters and granddaughters and millions of women and girls nationwide deserve our tireless efforts until we become a country where there is truly equality for all.

I feel if you believe in equality, you have to believe in it for everybody. And that's the way I've always lived my life.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Father of the Republic, made it his great aim in his revolutionary leadership to secure freedom and equality of status for China among the nations of the world.

Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit.

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or ba... -Mary McCarthy

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

Discovering the context

This quote suggests that in the realm of science, all facts are treated with equal importance and objectivity. It implies that scientific inquiry upholds a principle of democratic equality in evaluating evidence. It reflects on the impartial nature of scientific investigation.

The fact is, there is not now, nor has there ever been in the whole of history, a single country in the world where women have equality with men.

No, I didn't think of myself as an idealist. I consider myself as a believer in what I regard as the Labour Party's basic principles, which have to do with equality and 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. You know, the golden rules.

When people ask me do I believe in feminism - well, I didn't even know I was a feminist. I was the top of the bill; I've always been the top of the bill. So I don't know what equality is.

I think we're at a point in history where, generally, people consider themselves to be feminists in the sense that we believe in the equality of the sexes.

When we say the Black church, we have never meant anything racially exclusive by that. The Black church is the antislavery church. It is an independent Christian witness that literally emerged fighting for freedom and insisting that the gospel is about equality, justice and inclusive humanity.

I could speak for hours about equality and what needs to change in football and in society as a whole. But in the end, everything comes back to respect.

My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women.

True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology.

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.

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.

We're still stuck in male, female, feminism. I don't believe in, you know... I believe in gender equality.

Thanks to advancements in gender equality, you now have salty women like me who not only follow politics but also share their opinions on the daily.

Demands for equality for women are threats to men'... -Alice S. Rossi

Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf.

Discovering the context

This quote highlights the perspective of some individuals who view demands for gender equality as threats to their self-esteem and established gender roles. It implies that challenging traditional gender norms may be met with resistance. It reflects on the complexities of addressing gender inequality.

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way.

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