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" Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality. "

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" When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality. "

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" Sometimes I wonder if there is any hope left for an Israeli-Palestinian discourse that is built on equality and liberty rather than a fruitless discourse of master and servant. "

" Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf. "

" Northeastern and most coastal states will vote for the candidate who is more closely aligned with international cooperation and engagement, secularism and science, gun control, individual freedom in culture and sexuality, and a greater role for the government in protecting the environment and ensuring economic equality. "

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

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" No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. "

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

" Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now. "

Imelda Staunton

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

" I'm not pretending I can give advice to every single person or every single couple for every situation; I'm making the point that we are not going to get to equality in the workforce before we get to equality in the home. Not going to happen. "

Sheryl Sandberg

" I'm all for the 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. "

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

" Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps. "

Patricia Ireland

" Well, my personal mission statement is that we want marriage equality in all 50 states. We want it not to be a state-by-state issue. We don't want it to be something the majority is voting on. I don't think the civil rights of any minority should be in the hands of any majority. "

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

" What is your duty to a country? Do you follow it blindly? Or do you challenge your country to be better and stand up to the ideals that all men are created equal and everyone deserves equity, not just equality? "

" The battle goes on for me; as a gay man, I shall not be happy until I see equality across the board. "

" Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us. "

" If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. "

" I do think that Japan will be one of the nations that have equality, and that, too, will serve as an example for other Asian nations. "

" If you always have consciousness of gender equality at the heart of your policies, then you will have much more democratic, much more sustainable development. "

" Regardless of what race, what color, what sex, what nationality, what sexual orientation - regardless of who you are, equality should always rule! Whatever is right for you is right. Period. "

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

" If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. "

John F. Kennedy

" I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept it as legitimately my master. "

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" Sharing presumes and creates equality. "

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" From lying about climate change, to undermining programs that make up our social safety net, to opposing laws that reduce gun violence, to fighting marriage equality, the Kochs' tentacles infiltrate all parts of America's public debates. "

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" There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality. "

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