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" The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl. "

Shirley Chisholm

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" There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers. "

Susan B. Anthony

" Really, feminism is just about equality, and that's all. It's just saying equal rights. "

" We are in the midst of an exciting canvass... I am working very hard in politics as well as in other matters. We are determined that Mississippi shall be settled on a basis of justice and political and legal equality. "

Hiram Rhodes Revels

" The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies. "

" I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo. The next time a woman runs, or a black, a Jew, or anyone from a group that the country is 'not ready' to elect to its highest office, I believe that he or she will be taken seriously from the start. "

Shirley Chisholm

" I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. "

" That the caste system must be abolished if the Hindu society is to be reconstructed on the basis of equality, goes without saying. Untouchability has its roots in the caste system. They cannot expect the Brahmins to rise in revolt against the caste system. Also we cannot rely upon the non-Brahmins and ask them to fight our battle. "

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

Honore de Balzac

" I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity. "

Josephine Baker

" 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

" The thing I want to see before I die is women achieving full equality in the world. I'm very passionate about injustice against women and there's too much of it in the world. In so many parts of the world, women are not regarded as worthy or equal to men. In parts of the world, women are bought and sold. "

" If we truly understand, remember, and love the people of Indonesia, let us accept this principle of social justice, that is, not only political equality, but we must create equality in the economic field, too, which means the best possible well-being. "

" Republican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality. "

" Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. "

Shirley Chisholm

" I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness. "

" Virtue can only flourish among equals. "

Mary Wollstonecraft

" All men are born equally free. "

Salmon P. Chase

" The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world. "

" For me, feminism is about equality. So, when someone works for a Wall Street firm and says they're a feminist, my eyes are going to roll. "

" Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice. "

" Mother always said that even when I was 3, I used to get the 6- and 7-year-old kids on the block and punch them and say, 'Listen to me.' "

Shirley Chisholm

" I know what it's like to be in the closet! I know what it's like to be bullied and attacked because someone or some group thought I was different or below them... so, I'm coming out of the closet as an ally of equality for everyone; as an ally to hope. "

Jason Alexander

" At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered. "

" I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need. "

Christine Gregoire

" Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them. "

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

" Under Tunisian law, a woman can divorce her husband. Total equality. "

Rashid al-Ghannushi

" My mom was a teacher. In the 1960s and '70s, she taught history at two largely African American public high schools in Washington, D.C. - McKinley Tech and H.D. Woodson. Her example taught me the importance of equality for all Americans. "

Brett Kavanaugh

" I feel like a feminist is gender equality. "

" We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well. "