“More women are working because they have to, that's what it takes to put the food on the table and pay the rent. And yet we have not changed our policies to support the family. The right wing goes to the floor, and they did when they were in power, and talk about family values. Well, where are they? Family values is support for child care. Family values is equal pay for equal work so that women are paid appropriately.” ChildrenCareValuesSupportPolicyChangedEqualRight WingFamily Values Author:Carolyn Maloney
“Of course you can more easily recognise the outsiders because they have a different skin color. But let us take for instance the relationship between the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant majority in America and the negroes. What is important here is that the negroes were the descendants from slaves and were excluded from power, while the white majority kept them at bay, kept them down, kept them where they are. If the negroes in the future became assimilated and acquired equal power access, if there were a black president, then many of these things would change.” ImportantDifferentBlackPresidentEqualSkinsSlaveOutsiders Author:Norbert Elias
“If we are looking for signs of democratization, then surely we are looking as well for forms of living on equal terms in and among cultural differences.” TermEqual Author:Judith Butler
“What I have learned about museum buildings is that buildings have to have iconic presentations. The position of the art museum vis-a-vis other civic buildings needs to be hierarchal in the community. It has to be equal to the library and the courthouse.” ArtCommunityBuildingEqualLibraryI Have LearnedIconic Author:Frank Gehry
“I identify as African American. I identify as Black. Black is something I share with other descendants of Africa, African-American is something I share with other Black descendants of America and both of those identities are of equal importance to me.” BlackShareIdentityEqualImportanceAfrican American Author:Jamilah Lemieux
“Americans across our country are feeling a sense of helplessness, of uncertainty and of fear. These feelings are understandable and they are justified. But the answer must not be violence. The answer is never violence. Rather, the answer - our answer, all our answer - must be action. Calm, peaceful, collaborative and determined action. We must continue working to build trust between communities and law enforcement. We must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law.” CountryFeelingsActionCommunityJusticeViolenceEqualCalmDeterminedPeacefulUncertaintyLaw EnforcementJustifiedHelplessness Author:Loretta Lynch
“If you were a painter and a rock and roll musician and weren't established in either - to be an artist today you have to be as much a businessman to succeed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.” TodayArtistEqualPainterBusinessman Author:Debbie Harry
“I feel like I go from strength to strength. What exists in between is the stuff that makes it worth it. I don't know what a triumph is unless I know what a failure is. I welcome both in equal measure because I know they're both temporary anyway. I know they're both unavoidable anyway.” EqualWelcomeTemporaryWorth It Author:Measha Brueggergosman
“To transform the world women need to demand their place - which is not equal, but superior.” WorldEqual Author:Patti LuPone
“The construction of femininity is a construction, yes, but also it can be twisted and turned around in such a way that doesn't necessarily mean it is pointing to the female body or male body in such a binary fashion. The culture is already there and has always been, but not as equal citizens. I think there is more progress to come.” ThinkingMeanCultureProgressFashionEqualFemaleConstructionFemininityPointingTwistedBinaryFemale Body Author:Lorna Simpson
“I would consider myself American in the way of what the actual idea that's in the Constitution is, not the way that it's performed: All men are created equal, freedom for all, that's something that I obviously believe in. I don't consider myself American because I'm not sure if those are the values that we actually prioritize as much as we need to, but I consider myself American if you look at the Constitution.” MenBelieveValuesEqualConstitutionNot SurePrioritize Author:Rowan Blanchard
“When it comes to gender, marriage, family, work, and religion - we once thought of them as being fixed, but they're incredibly fluid. The same is true for love. Love was not something that was originally built between two equal partners in a relationship. It's something that's been hard-earned over time.” EqualGender Author:Bruce Feiler
“Feminism means that we all seek to live fulfilled lives, whatever that means for each of us, and we should have the equal ability to do that. Nothing should limit us simply because we're women.” MeanAbilityFeminismEqual Author:Mindy Finn
“The view I take is that while I'm proud to live in a free and prosperous country, I do believe American is a special land and should be a beacon to the world. And part of that leadership is that women are equal under the law and I do have concerns in how Trump talks about and treats women. I think it's very clear in his rhetoric that he sees them as second class citizens.” ThinkingWorldBelieveCountrySpecialProudEqualConcernRhetoricProsperous Author:Mindy Finn
“I believe that all people are deserving of equal dignity and also equal protection. I also believe in science. And those are three things the Republican party platform doesn't believe in.” PeopleBelieveI BelievePartyRepublicanEqualDignityProtectionRepublican PartyDeserving Author:Stephan Jenkins
“People talk about Jim Crow as if it's dead. Jim Crow isn't gone. It's adjusted. Look at the disproportionate sentences meted out to blacks caught up in the criminal justice system. There's a problem when people profit from putting and keeping African Americans in prison. We need to do a better job as a nation understanding the real values the country's built upon in terms of fairness, equality and equal opportunity.” PeopleRealProblemValuesOpportunityUnderstandingTermJusticeEqualPrisonAfrican AmericanFairnessCaught UpCrowJustice SystemCriminal JusticeEqual OpportunityJim Crow Author:Aldis Hodge
“We were a land of opportunity. You can never have equal outcomes, but you can have equal opportunity.” OpportunityEqualEqual Opportunity Author:Jamie Dimon
“Though we think intrinsic desires tend to be pretty stable, we do not think they imply anything like the amount of predictability in behavior that traditional virtue ethics requires for someone to have a one-word-in-English character trait such as "benevolence". Other things being equal, a person with more of a desire for other people's wellbeing will do more for other people's wellbeing, but things are almost never equal.” ThinkingCharacterDesireVirtueEqualBehaviorEthicsTraitsBenevolenceWellbeingPredictabilityBeing EqualCharacter Trait Author:Nomy Arpaly
“I've been a proud mentor to many women seeking public office, because I believe we need more women at all levels of government. Women have an equal stake in our future and should have an equal voice in our politics. These are challenging times, but I believe getting more women to run for office is a big part of the solution.” BelieveRunningI BelieveChallengesProudEqualOfficeSolutionsOur FutureMentor Author:Kamala Harris
“Other things being equal, ill will is worse than moral indifference (as in causing suffering for money vs causing suffering to cause suffering), though things are rarely equal.” SufferingMoralEqualIllIndifferenceBeing Equal Author:Nomy Arpaly
“At this point, we are living one of the greatest experiments in humankind - to create something that has, throughout history, been considered a contradiction in terms - a passionate marriage. Passion has always existed, but it took place somewhere else. Everything that we wanted from a traditional marriage - companionship, family, children, economic support, a best friend, a passionate lover, a trusted confidante, an intellectual equal - we are asking from one person what an entire village once provided. And couples are crumbling under the weight of so much expectation.” ChildrenPassionTermSupportEconomicCoupleLoversEqualIntellectualExpectationsPassionateContradictionTrustedCompanionshipPassionate Love Author:Esther Perel
“Part of the magic of economic growth is how you educate people, and the leading economies have to stay in front of that. From an economic point of view, it affects competitiveness and creates jobs. Or from a social justice point of view, you can take someone in the bottom tier of income and let him compete to be a doctor or lawyer. The education system is the only reason the dream of equal opportunity has a chance of being delivered - and we're not running a good education system.” PeopleReasonDreamRunningOpportunityGrowthJusticeChanceEconomyMagicEconomicEqualSocial JusticeBottomPoint Of ViewLawyerEducateEconomic GrowthEducation SystemEqual OpportunityCompetitivenessGood Education Author:Bill Gates
“I think Democrats do a lot to talk the talk and don't do a lot to walk the walk on wage gap. I think Democrats like to make this a partisan issue and it's really not a partisan issue. Republicans are for equal pay and obviously have been on the record saying as such, and somehow the Democrats have created a false narrative that we are not for equal pay when in fact there's no truth to that.” ThinkingRepublicanEqualDemocrat Author:Katie Walsh
“I would love to say that I'm a humanist, but I think the word "feminist" still needs to exist to acknowledge that there's still a problem. It's a statement; we're not equal yet. There's still a fight to be fought.” ThinkingProblemFightingEqualFeministAcknowledgeHumanist Author:Erin Maya Darke
“Most of the things I'm talking about are essential human rights. I don't think it should be political to say that children should be able to have lunch at school when their families can't afford to feed them properly, or to say women should have access to basic health care, or that Muslims deserve equal protection under the law, or police shouldn't be killing black people and getting away with it - it shouldn't be a political thing to say. A lot of people on the right standing behind Christian values should be standing with us, because equality is a basic tenet of Christianity.” PeopleThinkingChildrenCareSchoolChristianPoliticalValuesBlackChristianityEqualDeservePoliceKillingHuman RightsProtectionHealth CareGet AwayBlack People Author:Zoe Kazan
“Dignity of women is our collective responsibility. There should be no compromise in this matter. There should be no erosion in the law and order situation. We have to revive the family culture in which a woman is respected and considered equal, her dignity encouraged.” CultureResponsibilitySituationEqualDignityCompromiseLaw And OrderNo Compromise Author:Narendra Modi
“It should not be harder for our daughters to direct than our sons. It should be an equal playing field.” SonEqualDaughterDirectOur Daughter Author:Lesli Linka Glatter
“I'm very careful, especially with the company, to not spend too much time playing the success reel because I really do believe that everything that's been accomplished can be parlayed in an equal amount going forward.” BelieveEqualCarefulAccomplished Author:John J. Legere
“Bernie Sanders got $26 million raised, 77% of it from people under $200 or less. Bernie Sanders' money is equal to the combined donations of Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, John Kasich, and Lindsey Graham. It takes four Republicans, including the establishment's presumed front-runner, Jeb Bush.” PeopleRepublicanEqualDonation Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We have come a long way, particularly in terms of women becoming more equal under the law. Fortunately, workplace discrimination is now a crime - but unfortunately women still experience it. Fortunately, sexual harassment is now a crime - but unfortunately women still experience it. Fortunately, the assault of women is now a crime - but unfortunately women still experience it. The list goes on.” LongTermCrimeEqualDiscriminationWorkplaceHarassment Author:Tara Moss
“I am the dictionary definition of feminist in that I believe women are equal to men. People sometimes use the word for different meanings and it is important to understand that feminism at its core is really is just believing that everyone is equal and should have the same rights. We are all beautiful women, we are still in the fight for equal pay, and we don't need to fight each other.” PeopleMenBelieveImportantDifferentSometimesBeautifulFightingI BelieveFeminismEqualFeministBeautiful WomenDictionary Author:Kelly Osbourne
“I know people who are both extremely wealthy, people who are middle class and people with little material wealth. Whatever their circumstance may be, they are every bit as renounced as monks because they have that spirit. The spirit of charity on a spiritual platform. The Bhagavad Gita explains that real wisdom is when we see every living being with equal vision. When we love God, we naturally love our neighbor as our self, as the Bible also tells us.” PeopleRealSpiritualSpiritWealthVisionCircumstancesEqualCharityNeighborGod LoveMiddle ClassWealthyMonk Author:Radhanath Swami
“Russia is a competitor. They're a strong nation, something we need to recognize, but their economy is just a little bit bigger than Illinois, so they're not our equal. I think its important to engage them. And I think it's important that we continue to fight for human rights, which is essential to denying the next generation of terrorists their recruits and this is a long-term fight we're in when it comes to the war on terror. And I think the Russians are exacerbating this by making people displaced and killing families and that's how you lead to radicalization.” PeopleThinkingImportantWarFightingStrongEconomyEqualKillingHuman RightsTerrorTerroristNext GenerationWar On Terror Author:Adam Kinzinger
“I really believe in the goodness of Canadians. The idea that everyone should be given an equal opportunity to succeed in this country and particularly for children.” BelieveChildrenCountryOpportunitySucceedEqualGoodnessEqual Opportunity Author:Cindy Blackstock
“I have my rights, not because of Washington suddenly deciding, Strom Thurmond and others, "Hey, let's give certain Americans equal rights." But because of the ardent, unyielding voice of protesters.” GivingEqualEqual Rights Author:Cory Booker
“I think actually any morality system that rewards only the extremes is a flawed system. Players don't approach life that way, they don't approach games that way, and they shouldn't be trained to approach games that way. They shouldn't be in the mode where, "I've got to choose every good option." They should just play the game. And they should get equal consequences or rewards for that, that are different from the extremes.” ThinkingDifferentPlayerMoralityEqualConsequenceVery GoodFlawed Author:Chris Avellone
“Sure we girls can wear pants now, and vote, and go to college, have a bank account, get a job that is not just stewardess or nurse. But we still have to deal with micro-aggressions and daily sexism. We are still fighting for word over our own bodies. We still get the short shrift on equal pay. We're still not represented in media or the arts with total parity. Not on screen or on the page or behind the scenes. It's still not easy. There is still this constant low-grade fight to be seen and taken seriously when you are a girl and when you become a woman. It totally sucks.” ArtGirlFightingEasyTakenCollegeSceneEqualVoteSexismNurse Author:Cecil Castellucci
“There's a law of physics: For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. And sometimes that shows up in politics and society. And I think that the reaction to President Trump's decision on the Paris Agreement has been much stronger than I had even hoped for. And the determination being expressed by so many people in state governments, city governments, in the business community, the investor community, is really heartening to me.” PeopleThinkingSometimesActionPresidentCommunityDecisionEqualDeterminationStrongerPhysicsInvestors Author:Al Gore
“The problem of giving health care to everybody cannot be solved so long as we're spending huge sums of money for war. Already we have a very wasteful healthcare system, the most wasteful healthcare system in the world. I mean, we spend the most money and still have 40 million people without insurance. Compare us to Cuba. Cuba is our enemy, run by a dictator, Fidel Castro. But people in Cuba get health care at least equal to that of the United States - with very scarce resources. So I think this issue is the most important domestic issue.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingMeanLongImportantWarProblemCareRunningEnemyEqualHealth CareCompareHealthcareDictatorCastro Author:Howard Zinn
“In physics there's the old law for every action there's a equal amount of reaction. Sometimes that's true in politics. If somebody's out there making nonsensical statements, but wielding power behind them a lot of people say, "Well, I need to react to that." Another reason for the increased prominence of the climate-change issue is the Paris Agreement itself. It's not a small thing when just about every nation in the entire world comes together and makes an historic agreement like this. It's a big deal. And the old cliché "The train is leaving the station" kind of applies.” PeopleWorldKindSometimesReasonActionTogetherEqualTrainLeavingPhysicsHistoricSmall ThingsNonsensical Author:Al Gore
“You know, in physics there's the old law for every action there's a equal amount of reaction. Sometimes that's true in politics. If somebody's out there making nonsensical statements, but wielding power behind them a lot of people say, "Well, I need to react to that." I think that's happening.” PeopleThinkingSometimesActionEqualPhysicsNonsensical Author:Al Gore
“There are some really amazing artists and people behind the scenes who are really effective in championing feminism in the music industry, and I think that's really important for people in the industry and for young girls and guys to see. It should become universal. It's really about the other people understanding that everybody's equal and that women are equally as valid creatives, businesswomen, powerhouses...whatever you want to call them.” PeopleThinkingImportantArtistGuyGirlUnderstandingFeminismSceneEqualMusic IndustryReally Amazing Author:Charli XCX
“Most people think of a balanced life in terms of how much time is given to the various sectors of a life. While time is one measure of involvement, I think the critical variable is passion. How energized, fascinated and absorbed are you in each sphere in which you are engaged? They are rarely, and usually only briefly, equal.” PeopleThinkingPassionTermEqualVariousInvolvement Author:Judith M Bardwick
“Being a mathematical genius doesn't do you any favors as far as having something to say in music. You see every style as equal, and you want complicated music to devour.” StyleGeniusEqualComplicatedMathematical Author:Chilly Gonzales
“A lot of comedians today have misunderstood the concept of a subversive comedian. If you really want to be subversive, you have to please and offend in equal amounts.” TodayEqualComedianMisunderstood Author:Chilly Gonzales
“The endeavor of being a foreign correspondent means that you will never be their equal. And that has its pros and cons. Were you to be an insider in a particular society, then you would be one of them, and the way you would write about that society would be very different. When you're brought up in a certain way, you have certain blind spots to the things going on in your culture. There is an illumination the outsider brings to a place or a situation that cannot be duplicated.” WritingMeanDifferentCultureSituationEqualBlindOutsiders Author:Anjan Sundaram
“The first thing to say is that the ordinary criminal law in this country, the Human Rights Act, the Children's Act, all of the laws of the country take precedence, but what I'm also saying is that within the context of a secular country, which Britain now kind of is, or at least a country which purports to be relatively equal between religions, there should be some scope for allowing faith communities to govern themselves - subject to it being consensual and subject to everyone's human rights being observed.” KindCountryCommunityEqualHuman RightsSecularCriminal Law Author:Sadakat Kadri
“I certainly embrace all the movement that's going on these days about equality for women and equal rights. In general, I would apply that to all nationalities and all races. I think we do need more awareness, generosity, and compassion than we have right now. But in terms of feminism, I embrace it wholeheartedly. Not in a kind of militant way, but I've always known that it matters.” ThinkingKindTermCompassionFeminismAwarenessEqualEmbraceGenerosityEqual RightsMilitantWholeheartedly Author:Julie Andrews
“The fundamental purpose of Marxism is the total control of a population under the belief that individualism and free markets lead to great disparities and inequalities and injustices and unfairness. Now, this is the outward appeal. Marxism is evil, and Marx knew it, but the appeal that seduces people is its justice and equality and fairness. What they don't tell you is the equality is spread equally to the point everybody's miserably equal and miserably the same.” PeoplePurposeEvilBeliefJusticeEqualInjusticeSpreadInequalityIndividualismFairnessFree MarketMarxismSeducingUnfairness Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I feel like there's not as many bands anymore. It's more like there's a front-person and a band supporting them, solo-type spirits that have a look, a vibe, a message, a voice and a style. I was talking about it with a journalist in Europe; he was like, "You're a democracy; everyone in the band does stuff." There's not a lot of bands I can think of that still have it so every member of the band has an equal say. I was like, dude, you're right. I can't really think of any right now. There might be one or two leaders in them, but there are not a lot of bands like that anymore.” ThinkingSpiritLeaderDemocracyStyleLike YouEqualJournalist Author:Ed Droste