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" People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities. "

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" I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around... I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that's because I've never really faced inequality. "

" For those who support same-sex marriage - and I support it without reservation - the ideal of equality and the belief in the dignity of same-sex relationships necessarily makes the issue seem a great deal like the civil-rights struggles of the past. "

Benjamin Wittes

" True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" On the one hand we publicly pronounce the equality of all peoples; on the other hand, in our immigration laws, we embrace in practice these very theories we abhor and verbally condemn. "

" I'm proud to be a feminist because making sure that everyone understands we all have a role in fighting for equality is the only way to move forward. "

" If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters. "

Christine Pelosi

" 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. "

" Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in. In baseball or out, we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality - we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven. "

Jackie Robinson

" The people who believe themselves to be on the left, and who defend the agents of Islam in the name of tolerance and culture, are being rightwing. Not just rightwing. Extreme rightwing. I don't understand how you can be so upset about the Christian right and just ignore the Islamic right. I'm talking about equality. "

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

" Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view. "

" I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course. "

Pamela Anderson

" We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

" We can celebrate the speed at which LGBT equality has progressed, but we also have to acknowledge that it wasn't fast enough, because too many people didn't get to experience it. We can never be too impatient. "

" Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was true up to a point, but Roman citizens lived in a society that accepted pain, cruelty, and torture as the norm, and in which there was no suggestion of equality at birth or mercy in the afterlife. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. "

Honore de Balzac

" American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality. "

Bryant H. McGill

" Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0. "

" Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition. "

Mercy Otis Warren

" '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

" The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman. "

" For forty years, I have devoted myself to the cause of the people's revolution with but one aim in view - the elevation of China to a position of freedom and equality among the nations. "

" The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers, a common world without controlling owners, a world of opportunities and equality. This is a utopia that we have been dreaming about and is a world in which each and every one of us are protagonists of a destiny that we have in our hands. "

Laura Chinchilla

" Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth. "

John Quincy Adams

" The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. "

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

" An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new. "

Antonio Munoz Molina

" Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest. "

" When people ask me do I believe in feminism - well, I didn't even know I was a feminist. I was the top of the bill; I've always been the top of the bill. So I don't know what equality is. "

" Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond. "

Charlotte Bunch