Quotes about Equality

Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have spawned slavery, when human beings have bought and sold and owned and branded fellow human beings as if they were so many beasts of burden.

Women have been trained in our culture and society to ask for what we want instead of taking what we want. We've been really indoctrinated with this culture of permission. I think it's true for women, and I think it's true for people of color. It's historic, and it's unfortunate and has somehow become part of our DNA. But that time has passed.

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light.

A spoon does not know whether it enters a rich or poor man's mouth.

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.

The world doesn't need what women have, it needs what women are.

As women, we must stand up for ourselves. We must stand up for each other. We must stand up for justice for all.

The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man. In fact, a strong woman appreciates a strong man. Conversely, a strong man is not intimidated by a strong woman.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

If we are going to see real development in the world then our best investment is WOMEN!