Equal Rights Quotes - Page 3

• The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'

  Shirley Chisholm

  Girl, Equality, Emotional

  "Anthology : Quotations and Sayings of People of Color" by Walter B. Hoard, (p. 36), 1973.

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• If every single Jew born anywhere in the world has the right to become an Israeli citizen, then all the Palestinians who were chucked out of Palestine by the Zionist Government should have the same right, very simple.

  Tariq Ali

  Simple, Rights, Government

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• My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.

  James Meredith

  Father, Equality, America

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• I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.

  Thomas Paine

  Change, Freedom, Equality

  Thomas Paine (2015). “The Thomas Paine Collection: Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, An Essay on Dream, Biblical Blasphemy, Examination Of The Prophecies”, p.222, Ravenio Books

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• White privilege is the unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements benefits and choices bestowed on people solely because they are white. Generally white people who experience such privilege do so without being conscious of it.

  Peggy McIntosh

  White Privilege, People, Choices

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• Everyone has the right to live in a great place. More importantly, everyone has the right to contribute to making the place where they already live great.

  Fred Kent

  Life, Greatness, Rights

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• A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United States.

  Edmund Randolph

  Trust, Character, Equality

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• Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

  Diane Sawyer

  Positive, Inspiring, Success

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• I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

  Desmond Tutu

  Compassion, Rights, Tables

  1985 NBC News, 9 Jan.

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• If globalization is to succeed, it must succeed for poor and rich alike. It must deliver rights no less than riches. It must provide social justice and equity no less than economic prosperity and enhanced communication.

  Kofi Annan

  Communication, Rights, Justice

  FaceBook post by Kofi Annan from Feb 20, 2017

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• We are not seeking revolution. We just want democracy.

  Joshua Wong

  Leadership, Justice, Community

  "Hong Kong protesters promise to keep up occupation" by Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2014.

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• It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Struggle, Rights

  "America's Renaissance Woman". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 22, 1997.

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• I believe we are all born equal. You know, we are, whether you're a boy or a girl, you should have the same equal rights.

  Michelle Yeoh

  Girl, Believe, Boys

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• I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.

  Christine Gregoire

  Mean, Heart, Rights

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• Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.

  John F. Kennedy

  Children, Motivation, Should Have

  Civil Rights Address, delivered 11 June 1963

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• The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer...form the great body of the people of the United States they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.

  Andrew Jackson

  Country, Men, Law

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We are not supposed to be all equal. Let's just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough.

  Ben Stein

  Rights, Law, Done

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• In a composite Nation like ours, made up of almost every variety of the human family, there should be, as before the Law, no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no black, no white, but one country, one citizenship equal rights and a common destiny for all.
  A government that cannot or does not protect the humblest citizen in his right to life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness, should be reformed or overthrown, without delay.

  Frederick Douglass

  Country, Pursuit Of Happiness, Equality

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• The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.

  Evo Morales

  Rights, Diversity, Republic

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• Even into the 20th century, women were still struggling in the Western world for rights that Islam had granted women in the 7th century: equal rights to education; the right to own and inherit property; to have a voice in the decisions affecting their lives; to be active, engaged, and valued members of society at all levels.

  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Struggle, Rights, Voice

  "Her Majesty Queen Noor: Yogi & Devoted Warrior for Peace". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she's not only a mother, she's not only a sister, she's not only a wife. But a girl has the - she should have an identity. She should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Inspirational, Girl, Mother

  "Malala Yousafzai Learns of Nobel Win While Sitting in Chemistry Class". www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2014.

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• The examples of female success stories are important on the global scale, as they help to disseminate the idea of gender equality and to spread the roots for the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men and democratic values among different cultures, societies and traditions.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Men, Ideas, Roots

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• So many girls out there say, "I'm not a feminist" because they think it means something angry or disgruntled or complaining or they picture, like, rioting and picketing. It is not that at all. It just simply means that you believe that women and men should have equal rights and opportunities.

  Taylor Swift

  Girl, Believe, Mean

  "Taylor Swift Supports Emma Watson's Speech on Feminism". www.etonline.com.

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• Same-sex marriage is not a gay privilege, it's equal rights.

  Ricky Gervais

  Sex, Gay, Rights

  Twitter post from Apr 28, 2015

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• It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve.

  Henry George

  Religious, Men, Rights

  Henry George, A. C. Auchmuty (1908). “Gems from Henry George: being memorable passages from the writings and addresses of the author of "Progress and poverty"”

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