Quotes about Equality

The question of suffrage is one which is likely to agitate the public so long as a portion of the citizens of the nation are excluded from its privileges in any State.

The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery. For some years before the war began it was a trite saying among some politicians that "A state half slave and half free cannot exist." All must become slave or all free, or the state will go down. I took no part myself in any such view of the case at the time, but since the war is over, reviewing the whole question, I have come to the conclusion that the saying is quite true.

Despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, America's long struggle with race is far from finished.

Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.

Americans are getting like a Ford car, they all have the same exact parts, the same upholstering and make exactly the same noises.

It doesn't matter where you live...It doesn't matter how you live. It doesn't matter what car you drive. It doesn't matter what kind of clothes you wear.

Giving every child a chance to reach their full potential is the best work anyone can do

Everyone can run the race, but not at the same pace.

The root reason for this is the denial of the human essence, the human equality, the human family—judging people's worth only by how efficiently or intelligently or quickly they function. This is confusing the essence with the nonessential.

from each according to his ability to each according to his need"

Likewise the subjection of woman to man results from the perfection of the male and the imperfection of the female sex.

The flood of love will fill all the containers to the fullest, but some containers will be larger than others.