Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition. Mercy Otis Warren on equality
Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view. Jenny Shipley on equality
Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots. Crystal Eastman on equality
Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond. Charlotte Bunch on equality
I am an aristocrat. I love liberty I hate equality. John Randolph on equality
The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress. Charles Fourier on equality
I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. Brigid Brophy on equality
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude. Alexis de Tocqueville on equality
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. Malcolm X on equality
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. Alexis de Tocqueville on equality
Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. Ellen DeGeneres on equality
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. Plato on equality
I believe in the equality of man and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. Thomas Paine on equality
With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on. Barack Obama on equality
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality. Plato on equality
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. Erich Fromm on equality
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. Anatole France on equality
No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. George Orwell on equality
The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality. Robert Mugabe on equality
A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. Friedrich August von Hayek on equality