1,457 Quotes About Equality

If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.

It is not my ambition to marry a white woman or swim in a white pool. It is political equality that we want.

I don't want to oppress men or demand to be given rights beyond what's held by them, but neither do I want men to oppress women. As God's creations, we should be held in equal esteem.

And why have you burnt our Gods, when others are brought from other Regions by the Spaniards? Are the Gods of other Provinces more sacred than ours?

رفع -في دخوله مكة فاتحا- كل شعار من شعائر العدل و المساواة و التواضع و الخضوع، فأردف أسامة بن زيد، و هو ابن مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم و لم يردف أحدا من بني هاشم، و أبناء أشراف قريش، و هم كثير.

I learned, then, beyond question, that if all the property in the world were distributed, and an equal share given to everyone, the bulk of mankind would soon be destitute, and a few would have everything.

No, there is plenty wrong with Negroes. They have no society. They’re robots, automatons. No minds of their own. I hate to say that about us, but it’s the truth. They are a black body with a white brain.

Do you want to get married someday?" he persists.And never have anything of my own? "Lord, no. [...]

Equality is humanity.