“Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort to make the equality principle everything the founders would have wanted it to be if they weren't held back by the society in which they lived and particularly the shame of slavery.” IfsMenWantedEffortPrinciplesEqualShameIndependenceSlaveryFoundersDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceAdvocacy Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“The urgency for me is to hurry up and become visible enough to either influence or shame other artists or corporations into understanding that there needs to be an equal starting block. You can't rush to make the changes. The rush that I have is to change the mindset of the people who can actually influence the situation in developed countries and in under - developed countries ... and not all under-developed countries need to develop. Maybe they just need to learn and be re - given the tools to understand how to use the land that they live on.” PeopleCountryEnoughArtistUnderstandingSituationInfluenceEqualShameMindsetBlockUrgency Author:Aloe Blacc
“I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it. They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own - cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.” ThinkingMenKindSituationLaughingEqualDifficultyShameElectionPresidentialDramaticPresidential Election Author:Ai Weiwei
“I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that way of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone.” IfsThinkingWayEyeSupportRightsGayEqualShameGood TimesGrandchildrenEqual RightsGay MarriageAnticipateBansMarriage EqualityAgainst Gay Marriage Author:Sean Penn
“Goods and possessions are no gain in his eyes. He stays far from wealth and honor. Long life is no ground for joy, nor early death for sorrow. Success is not for him to be pround of, failure is no shame. Had he all the world's power he would not hold it as his own. If he conquered everything he would not take it to himself. His glory is in knowing that all things come together in One and life and death are equal.” IfsWorldLifeLongEyeTogetherLife IsJoyWealthKnowingFailureHonorSorrowEqualGloryGainsAll ThingsShamePossessionHis EyesLife And DeathGoodsLong LifeEarly Death Author:Zhuangzi
“Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles and shames our wickedness. It is discipline in the equality of men--for all men are equal before fish.” MenSoulInspirationChanceTroubleAirDisciplinePureEqualShameFishesFishingWickednessEgoismMeeknessFly FishingEquality Of Man Author:Herbert Hoover
“I've borne the shame of mother while you bought her off with a present and a treat here and there. God knows how hard I tried to civilize her so as not to have to blush with shame when I take her anywhere. I dressed her in the most stylish Paris models, but Delancey Street sticks out from every inch of her. Whenever she opens her mouth, I'm done for. You fellows had your chance to rise in the world because a man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.” KnowsMenWorldHardDoneMotherGirlChanceKnow HowStreetsStyleEqualModelsMouthsTreatsShameFellowsSticksParisJudgedInchesGod KnowsHere And ThereStylishPep Book:Hungry Hearts: Stories of the Jewish-American Immigrant Experience Source: Hungry Hearts: Stories of the Jewish-American Immigrant Experience
“I've been trying to find women writers for my staff for a while now and I have three women on my staff and three guys so it's pretty equal. I don't know why that is. It's been the same thing for a while. It's hard for female comedians to stand out. That's weird. That's a shame.” KnowsTryingHardGuyThreeEqualFemaleShameComedianStaffStanding OutFemale Comedian Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past.” TryingCountryPastFormLawForceSourceCivilizationEqualShameOur CountryIndianPatriotDishonor Author:George Crook
“Archimedes said Eureka, Cos in English he weren't too aversed in, when he discovered that the volume of a body in the bath, is equal to the stuff it is immersed in, That is the law of displacement, Thats why ships don't sink, Its a shame he weren't around in 1912, The Titanic would have made him think.” ThinkingMadeSaidBodyLawScienceStuffEqualShameShipsVolumeBathsDisplacement Author:Richard Digance