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" My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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" The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity - these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis. "

" Most politicians come into politics because they want to make a difference; we just have different ideas how to do it. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Make A Difference

" While the law cannot force a person to be moral or tolerant, through the law we can demand respect and expect equality. "

" Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example. "

" I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country. "

" It's just better to promote love and fairness and equality than it is to promote something you think is based on your religious beliefs. "

" We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity, of let's-take-care-of-one-another. That's the creative challenge. "

" I and Alex Salmond are not in competition - we are on the same side; we are on the same team, working together. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Working Together

" The feminist movement is way bigger than the word. I don't police people on what they call themselves, but equality and a general sense of togetherness are really important to me. "

" Obviously, my life and my job in 2010 is very different from Peggy's experience in the 1960s. I exist in a world that enjoys more equality between men and women. But I don't take any of that into my performance. I just want to play the character as who she is as an individual - scene to scene. "

" Barack Obama's decision to come out in favour of gay marriage may be a historic occasion, but it is not an isolated one. His administration has been making pro-gay noises for some time; his demographic in the upcoming election is young and educated, precisely the group that favours equality for the LGBT community. "

" As we celebrate the considerable progress we've made toward full equality in our military, we cannot forget about those who continue to suffer because of the discriminatory policies of our past. "

" The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history. "

" We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. "

" To qualify the term 'boss' by adding 'girl' or 'babe' or 'honey' or 'pink' or whatever other ridiculous, antiquated-gender role assignment the media thinks is cute this month, is, at the least, disrespectful and at the worst, damaging to the way young women view themselves and our fight for equality in the business world. "

" In 1965, I marched for equality. "

Alphonso Jackson

" Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice. "

Lynn Schusterman

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

" As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties. "

Arthur Henderson

" It's well proven that if you have equality in society, society flourishes, and if you have inequality, it doesn't. So it's good for everybody. "

" Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" We want to be brothers and sisters. We want respect and equality. Simon Bolivar, our father, said a balanced world - a universe - a balanced universe in order to have peace and development. "

" Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman. "

Susan B. Anthony

" Give us equality of enjoyment, equal right to expansion - it is as necessary to our prosperity as yours. "

" All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They. "

Rudyard Kipling

" I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It's what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it. "

" Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women. "

Michelle Bachelet

" Every country faces its own obstacles to reaching gender equality, and to make a real difference, we must change public policies in tandem with stereotypes, attitudes, and behaviors. "

Jose Angel Gurria