True Equality Quotes

• How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

  Maya Angelou

  Strong Women, Veterans Day, Courage

  "Celebrating Our She-roes" by Jill S. Tietjen, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2014.

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  I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Kings, Children

  Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

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• Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Family, Inspiring, Women

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• The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Women, Mean, Equality

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• Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Kings, Kids

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• I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dream

  Speech at Civil Rights March in Washington, 28 Aug. 1963, in New York Times 29 Aug. 1963, p. 21

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• True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology.

  Monica Crowley

  Mean, Race, Ethnicity

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• Most feminists in France came to feminism after '68 as a result of the hypocrisy they experienced in leftist movements. In these movements, where everyone believed there was going to be true equality, fraternity between men and women, and that together they were going to struggle against this rotten society, even there they noticed that the leftists, the militants, kept them "in their place." Women made the coffee while the others did the talking; they were the ones who typed the letters.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Coffee, Struggle, Men

  Source: www.iaphitalia.org

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• Most important, [research on affirmative action] has completely failed to show that affirmative action ever closes the academic gap between minorities and whites. And failing in this, affirmative action also fails to help blacks achieve true equality with whites - the ultimate measure of which is parity in skills and individual competence. Without this underlying parity there can never be true equality in employment, income levels, rates of home ownership, educational achievement and the rest.

  Shelby Steele

  Educational, Home, Skills

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• The promise of equality is not the same as true equality.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Promise

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.16, Knopf

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• From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence.

  Paul Tsongas

  Strong Women, Military, School

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• Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.

  Paul Neilan

  Prejudice, Done, Form

  Paul Neilan (2007). “Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel”, p.53, Macmillan

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• But really it’s condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because they’re old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese. Banged up people don’t want your pity. They just want to be treated like everyone else. Mockery, when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It’s the closest we’ll ever come to true equality.

  Paul Neilan

  Fun, Stupid, People

  Paul Neilan (2007). “Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel”, p.53, Macmillan

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• I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. Weve got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.

  Quentin Bryce

  Country, Children, Hard Work

  "Stateline" with Eliza Blue, www.abc.net.au. March 22, 2010.

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• For decades, this great leader, often at Dr. King’s side, was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay. No medal can change that, but today, we honor Bayard Rustin’s memory by taking our place in his march towards true equality, no matter who we are or who we love.

  Barack Obama

  Kings, Memories, Gay

  Barack Obama's speech at Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 20, 2013.

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