“Historicism and cultural relativism actually are a means to avoid testing our own prejudices and asking, for example, whether men are really equal or whether that opinion is merely a democratic prejudice.” MenMeanOpinionExampleEqualPrejudiceAskingDemocraticTestingRelativismCultural Relativism Book:Closing of the American Mind Source: Closing of the American Mind
“I think it's offensive to equate evangelical Christians, Catholics, others that view marriage as between a man and a woman, as being racist. We're not racist. We love our fellow man, we think we're all equal under God's eyes, we don't believe we should change the definition of marriage simply because of opinion polls or because of a court that quite frankly isn't looking at the constitution.” ThinkingMenShouldBelieveEyeChristianViewsOpinionEqualConstitutionCatholicFellowsCourtDon't BelieveDefinitionsRacistOffensivePollsFellow ManEvangelicalOpinion Polls Author:Bobby Jindal
“In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to chew gum in class - I wrote about why women should receive equal pay.” ShouldWritingAblePayOpinionClassEqualPaperGradesGumEqual PaySixth Grade Author:Gillian Jacobs
“I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation - you know the rest.” KnowsBelieveFightingI BelieveAbilityOpinionRightsEqualI Believe InColourEqual RightsNationalityOrientationRights And Freedoms Author:Binyavanga Wainaina
“[In a blogosphere] everybody has an opinion now, but I don't really freaking care about - all opinions ain't created equal, because everybody can go out there and express themselves and hide behind some character we don't know who you really are, a bunch of cowards.” KnowsCharacterCareBehindsOpinionEqualBunchCoward Author:Tavis Smiley
“In civil and political affairs, American women take no interest or concern, except so far as they sympathize with their family and personal friends; but in all cases, in which they do feel a concern, their opinions and feelings have a consideration, equal or even superior, to that of the other sex.” FeelsFeelingsPoliticalSexInterestOpinionCasesEqualConcernAffairSuperiorsConsiderationAmerican Woman Author:Catharine Beecher
“There are two things that have been happening over the last few decades in my opinion. First, there have been unbelievable, remarkable, pioneering advances in technology and, second, an equal amount of evolution in creativity. These two shifts are meeting at an intersection.” FirstsHas BeensTwoLastsOpinionCreativityTechnologyEvolutionAmountEqualHappeningsMeetingsDecadesTwo ThingsRemarkableUnbelievableIntersectionsPioneering Author:Kevin Spacey
“Which countries contain the most peaceful, the most moral, and the happiest people? Those people are found in the countries where the law least interferes with private affairs; where the government is least felt; where the individual has the greatest scope, and free opinion the greatest influence; where the administrative powers are fewest and simplest; where taxes are lightest and most nearly equal” PeopleCountryGovernmentLawFoundIndividualFeltMoralOpinionInfluenceTaxesEqualAffairPeacefulInterfereSimplestScopeAdministrativeFree Opinion Book:The Law Source: The Law
“For, once man is declared 'the measure of all things,' there is no longer a true, or a good, or a just, but only opinions of equal validity whose clash can be settled only by political or military force; and each force in turn enthrones in its hour of triumph a true, a good, and a just which will endure just as long as itself.” MenLongPoliticalTurnsForceHoursOpinionMilitaryEqualAll ThingsEndureTriumphClashValidityMilitary Force Author:Bertrand de Jouvenel
“Now, in my opinion, a woman has no business with Power-Power admits no equal, and dismisses friendship for flattery. Besides, it keeps the men at a distance, and that is not always what we wish.” MenWishOpinionHe ManEqualDistanceFlattery Author:George Edward Moore
“Everyone's opinion is of equal value, which is bizarre to me. It's so hard to get anybody cast because you'll be on the phone with 15 people, and if anybody says I don't know about that guy - move on. Wait a minute, why is that person's note valid? It's such a bizarre process that's sprung up around it.” PeopleIfsKnowsPersonsHardMovingGuyValuesWaitingProcessOpinionMinutesEqualNotesCastsPhonesBizarreThat GuySprungSprung Up Author:Edward Allen Bernero
“And though it is most certain, that two lutes being both strung and turned to an equal pitch, and then one played upon, the other will warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune: yet many will not believe there is any such thing as sympathy of souls, and I am well pleased that every reader do enjoy his own opinion.” BelieveWellsTwoSoulCertainEnjoyAnswersOpinionReaderEqualHarmonyTunes Author:Izaak Walton
“A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth. One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion, allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.” ThinkingMenShouldReligiousAttitudeLibertyOpinionPathEqualDisputesMany Paths Author:Ramakrishna
“I have criticized it [Europe], but I repeat: we keep 40 percent of our gold and foreign currency reserves in euros, we are not interested in the collapse of the Eurozone, but I do not rule out the possibility of decisions being made that would consolidate a group of countries equal in economic development and this, in my opinion, will lead to a consolidation of the euro. But there can also be some interim decisions in order to keep the present number of members of the Eurozone unchanged.” MadeCountryOrderDecisionNumbersOpinionGroupsEconomicPossibilityDevelopmentEqualMembersPercentEuropeGoldRepeatsCollapseNot InterestedCurrencyReservesEuroEconomic DevelopmentConsolidationEurozoneInterim Author:Vladimir Putin
“In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.” MenDoeAmericaSocialOpinionEqualEqualityDoctrineSuperiorsInferiorsEquality Of PeopleEquality For AllSocial EqualityEquality Of Man Book:Unpopular Essays Source: Unpopular Essays
“It's called male bonding. You'll never get it. I believe women are as capable as men, deserve equal pay—and that one day, should be sooner than later, in my opinion, the right woman can and should be leader of the free world. But you can't understand the male bonding rituals any more than men can understand why the vast majority of women are obsessed with shoes and other footwear.” MenWorldShouldBelieveI BelievePayLeaderOpinionOne DayEqualCapableDeserveMajorityMalesShoesObsessedRitualBondingFree WorldEqual PayFootwear Book:Chasing Fire Source: Chasing Fire