Equal Pay Quotes

• Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Girl, Diversity, Together

  The Revolution, 8 Oct. 1869

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• I want a Zero Tolerance policy on All The Patriarchal Bullshit.

  Caitlin Moran

  Zero, Bullshit, Tolerance

  Caitlin Moran (2012). “How to Be a Woman”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• I am grateful to those Members of Congress who worked so diligently to guide the Equal Pay Act through. It is a first step. It affirms our determination that when women enter the labor force they will find equality in their pay envelopes.

  John F. Kennedy

  Determination, Grateful, Labor Force

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.465, Best Books on

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• Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a matter of simple justice

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Sex, Simple, Justice

  Eisenhower, Dwight D (1958). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956”, p.23, Best Books on

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• Far too many women are hesitant, and remain trapped in jobs for which they are over-qualified or paid beneath their worth.

  Janet Street-Porter

  Jobs, Qualified, Paid

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• A man is still likely to earn more money than a woman, even one doing the same job. You have a far better chance of entering political office or becoming a company director... Women are responsible for two thirds of the work done worldwide, yet earn only 10% of the total income and own 1% of the property... So, are we equals? Until the answer is yes, we must never stop asking.

  Daniel Craig

  Jobs, Men, Two

  "James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine side" by Esther Addley, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2011.

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• I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Demand, Employers, Workers

  "The Revolution", Women's Suffrage Newspaper, October 8, 1868.

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• Women deserve equal pay for equal work.

  Barack Obama

  Pay, Equal, Deserve

  Twitter post from Jan 28, 2014

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• And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work

  Karen Morley

  Rights, Spokes, Pay

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• My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

  Michael M. Honda

  Mother, Thinking, Taught

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• The principle of equal pay for equal work is written in the EU Treaties since 1957. It is high time that it is put in practice everywhere.

  Viviane Reding

  Practice, Principles, Treaties

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• We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Reality, Men, Average

  "Gender Equality Is a Myth!" By Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, shriverreport.org. January 12, 2014.

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• We’re going to foment our own revolution. So I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going! Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let’s fight for a new American revolution where women are paid equal pay for equal work, and let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all!

  Barbara Mikulski

  Fighting, Squares, America

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• All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities ... the list goes on!

  Frances O'Grady

  Responsibility, Caring, Safety

  "The history woman". Interview with Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2006.

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• It's one thing to work women into your talking points. It's another to tell them how you are going to educate their kids, how you are going to ensure they get health care, how we are going to rebuild infrastructure, how they are going to get equal pay.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Kids, Talking, Care

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• I am an adamant feminist. It never occurred to me to take my husband's name when we married. I am a supporter of abortion rights, of equal pay for equal work, of the rights of women prisoners, of all the time-honored feminist causes, and then some.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Husband, Names, Rights

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• Equal pay is not yet equal. A woman makes $0.77 on a dollar and women of color make $0.67... We feel so passionately about this because we are not only running for office, but we each, in our own way, have lived it. We have seen it. We have understood the pain and the injustice that has come because of race, because of gender. And it's imperative that... we make it very clear that each of us will address these issues.

  Hillary Clinton

  Running, Pain, Issues

  Hillary Clinton's remarks at the Democratic presidential debate sponsored by CNN and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, edition.cnn.com. January 21, 2008.

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• I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.

  Barbara Walters

  Atheist, Sin City, Waking Life

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• All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

  Christopher Dodd

  Should Have, Quality, Care

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• Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.

  Mao Zedong

  Principles, Fronts, Labour

  Zedong Mao (1972). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung”, p.298, China Books

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• The reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work.

  Emma Watson

  Reality, Men, Years

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

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• If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society.

  Gloria Steinem

  Feminist, Reform, Transformation

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• While much remains to be done to achieve full equality of economic opportunity-for the average woman worker earns only 60 percent of the average wage for men-this legislation is a significant step forward.

  John F. Kennedy

  Opportunity, Men, Average

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.465, Best Books on

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• We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.

  Jeff Rich

  Taxes, Rate, Higher

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• We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5 - 4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.

  Lilly Ledbetter

  Retirement, Fighting, Years

  Lilly Ledbetter's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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