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" The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law. "

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" Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor. "

" Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times. "

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" In my late 20s, I realized that I had a very clear social conscience and strong opinions about things like diversity, equality, and education, and while I tried to become more politically literate, I just couldn't catch on. It felt like I had walked into a movie that had already started, and no one would explain what had happened. "

Tracee Ellis Ross

" I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a man who did the president's bidding to save my job. I have had some time to think about it since. I think I did the right thing. "

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

Ken Livingstone

" China, as a nation, is a country under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, but it has introduced the market economy. As a country that is under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, normally what they should be seeking is equality of results. "

" OneAmerica worked over the course of a decade to bring the movement of immigrants and communities of color together with the movement for marriage equality in Washington. "

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" One hundred and fifty years after Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, equality for many Americans remains elusive. "

" 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. "

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" I want my daughters to live in a world where there is equality and parity of pay. "

" There are a lot of things that fit on a bumper sticker in terms of either liberty or equality or progress that when made more concrete just don't pan out. "

" The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. "

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" The way the Democrats go about seeking equality is to lower people at the top. "

" If we are to maintain a relevant and just industry, we must all open our eyes to the obvious lack of equality in wages, representation, and access. "

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

Nicola Sturgeon

" This is the problem with modern-day feminism. It used to be about equality. Now, it's about bashing men, asking for free stuff, and tearing down other women for refusing to play victim to the trumped-up, B.S. 'War on Women.' "

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

" This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to be, and start talking and working with whom you are not. Find common values and build with fellow citizens a society based on diversity and equality. "

" The cry of equality pulls everyone down. "

" The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected; and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb. "

" Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves. "

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

" Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality. "

" At the end of the day, I think people are starting to realize that if you say you stand for equality, it has to be equality across the board. It can't just be equality for people who look like me, are my gender, think or love like me. It has to be equality for everybody. "

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