Quotes about Equality
Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.
— Seneca
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.
— Muhammad Ali
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
— Nelson Mandela
The Negro's great stumbling block in the drive toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Free at last; free at last; thank God Almighty we are free at last.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.
— Abraham Lincoln
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
— Mark Twain
The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any
— Marilyn Monroe
How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.
— Marilyn Monroe