Equality quotes
- “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.
- “All men are created equal.” – Declaration of Independence
- “Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.” – Frances Wright
- “Equal rights are not special rights.” – Craig Johnson
- “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter their color.” – Maya Angelou
- “Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions.” – Jane Addams
- “Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.” – Simone Weil
- “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.” – Honoré de Balzac
- “Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.” – Tom Robbins
- “There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender… identity is performatively constituted by the very ‘expressions’ that are said to be its results.” – Judith Butler
- “It takes no imagination to live within your means.” – Francis Ford Coppola
- “Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity.” – Joss Whedon
- “We must work our destiny in our own way and present to the world an economic system based on true justice and equality.” – Marcus Garvey
- “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – George Orwell, “Animal Farm”
- “Equality is the foundation of friendship.” – Anonymous
- “Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions—it only guarantees equality of opportunity.” – Irving Kristol
- “Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.” – Aristotle
- “The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.” – Wole Soyinka
- “Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.” – Joss Whedon