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" I support marriage equality and oppose legislation that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman. "

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" There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed, they're just a mess. It's good to put more flawed but interesting female characters out there because it promotes equality. "

" 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. "

" As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance. "

" Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down. "

" When we talk about feminism - equality without apology for all - we can't be talking about for all white women or all highly educated women but all women, regardless of color, class, creed, sexual orientation or identity. "

Christine Pelosi

" I believe every child has the right to a mother and a father. Men and women are not the same. That's not to say they're not entitled to equal rights, but they are not the same. "

" We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room. "

" It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive. "

" All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die. "

" Scientific discovery requires sustained funding for decades, and politicians can destroy it in a single budget cycle. "

" Nature has made men free and equal. The distinctions necessary for social order are only founded on general utility. "

Marquis de Lafayette

" I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality. "

" 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a human story, and women's rights are human rights, and it's all about equality, but at the end of the day, it's not equal. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. "

" A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure. "

" We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it. "

" Never before has a major professional sports team partnered in this way with a female-driven brand like Bumble. It's an honor to partner with an organization as progressive and compassionate as the Clippers. Like us, they know generating awareness for diversity and gender equality is critical to business success. "

Whitney Wolfe Herd

" There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work. "

Ken Livingstone

" True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology. "

" Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. "

" Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations. "

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

" President Clinton's support of the LGBT community and recognition that DOMA, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, is unconstitutional and should be struck down shows that the political landscape continues to change in favor of LGBT equality. Leaders and allies like President Clinton are critical to moving our march for equality forward. "

" I personally feel a responsibility to demonstrate to that we girls have the power to not only gain equality for women but all sectors of society. "

" I was always like that, at 5 years old, just demanding equality. I thought it could all be fixed if you called attention to it. "

" We come to Selma to be renewed. We come to be inspired. We come to be reminded that we must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do. "

" Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits. "

" All this talk of equality remains merely on paper. In real life, women are still bound by several psychological shackles and emotional boundaries imposed on them by their families and others. If a girl comes home late, she is asked 100 questions, whereas boys are not answerable for anything. And this prevails across segments. "

" I think it is important that you have people from all different vanguards, from all different walks of society and different viewpoints to be focused on the struggle for equality and democracy. We need as many champions for the cause and as many events as possible to help keep this in focus. "

" The only thing I advocate for is for equality for female athletes because we train just as hard, and we're always having a lot of head-to-head clashes, always competing against each other. "

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

" There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust. "