Quotes about Equality

My son, the Holy Church is on the right, but Jesus Christ was always on the left

There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

A sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.

That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but virtue of the same kind; not only the same end must be proposed, but the same means must be approved by both.

To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.

As the husband is, the wife is.

I just try not to judge. Don't judge me, and I won't judge you.

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

And so I would not enforce a law that would reject people and turn them away without giving them a fair and due process to determine if we should give them asylum and refuge.

I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color.