Equality Quotes

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." "But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal—there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court" "I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity." "No human being is illegal." "I speak not for myself but for those without a voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated." "There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish." "I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." "We're all people. When I'm a person, there's no such thing as black, white, nothing." "Poverty alleviation is an essential task in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects" "Our founders did not try to create a nation where every citizen would be the same" "You know all men and women are created equal. End of quote. We’ve never lived up to it. Jefferson never lived up to it, he held slaves. Women were excluded" "If we are not free, no one will respect us." "We all come from different places and different walks of life. But we're all the same at the end of the day" "We are all created equal and deserve equal rights and equal opportunities" "Everybody can be great because everybody can serve." "Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all." "Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me." "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion." "The phrase 'working mother' is redundant"