“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“On the question of liberty, as a principle, we are not what we have been. When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that all men are created equal a self-evident truth; but now when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselve…”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“I mean, honestly, I wanna live in a world…with real equality. I wanna live in a world…where an equal amount of white kids are shot every month. An equal world.”— Chris Rock, scrapsfromtheloft.com
“Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.”— Thurgood Marshall, thurgoodmarshall.com
“God forbid that the day should ever come when, in the American mind, the thought of man as a 'consumer' shall submerge the old American thought of man as a creature of God, endowed with 'unalienable rights'.”— Benjamin Harrison, en.wikiquote.org
“I cannot always sympathize with that demand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may be too cheap. They are too cheap when the man or woman who produces them upon the farm or the man or woman who produces them in the factory does not get out of them living wages with a margin for old…”— Benjamin Harrison, en.wikiquote.org
“I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.”— Benjamin Harrison, presidential-power.org
“Women are human beings, with the full range of saintly and demonic behaviours this entails.”— Margaret Atwood, theglobeandmail.com
“Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.”— Stokely Carmichael, college.cengage.com
“There's no difference between me and you. You need something, a glove, a place to live, you let me know.”— Roberto Clemente, baseball-almanac.com
“Yet again, Chairman Pai and the FCC are rewarding pay-to-play politics, ensuring that those with money have a seat at the table, and shutting everyone else out. Net neutrality protections ensure that the Internet remains open, fair, and equal for everyone. By dismantling these protections, we turn o…”— Tulsi Gabbard, gabbard.house.gov
“In this instance it was women affected but I also stand with all the men, indeed any person, who has suffered sexual harassment.”— Emma Watson, twitter.com
“nightclub, n.: I can only feel comfortable at a club where anyone of any shape or size or age can be a member.”— David Levithan, twitter.com
“The idea that feminism is about “equality for all genders” has become increasingly fashionable. And yet, to me, nothing says misogyny like defining feminism as equality for all—as if focusing a movement, or policy, or activism on women alone is taboo. Or too risky. The knee-jerk, “all lives matter”…”— Marcie Bianco, qz.com
“Strict hiring quotas aren’t an effective, long-term solution to sexism, just as equality under the law does not ensure the equal treatment of women.”— Marcie Bianco, qz.com
“No, you're so smart, you're such an incredible person. Don't let anybody tell you what you can and can't do. Especially yourself.”— Logic, youtube.com
“No, wait: fat is beautiful. No, wait: thin is beautiful, too, as long as you don’t work for it. No, wait: All women are beautiful! As though we are toddlers who must be given exactly equal shares of princess dust, or we’ll throw a tantrum.”— Kristi Coulter, thoughtcatalog.com
“All man are the same except for their belief in their own selves, regardless of what others may think of them.”— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com
“I must confess that I too am a woman and that I am always prepared to applaud a woman who is more daring than I, and is equal to a man in fighting for freedom of behavior.”— Paul Gauguin, amazon.com