28 Quotes About Equal Right

So, let me get this straight-- You want me to stop being a lesbian and being attracted to women because it is a 'sin'? Last time I checked, when you lie you are sinning. Sure, I could tell you I am no longer a lesbian or that I am no longer attracted to women and am straight, or I could even tell you the moon is made of cheese. I could tell you many things, but the moon will still not be made of cheese, and I will still not be attracted to men. I could tell you a lie in order to placate you, but isn’t the truth supposed to set me free? I choose truth over lies any day of the week. . Cristina Marrero

Sure, I could tell you I am no longer a lesbian or that I am no longer attracted to women and am straight, or I could even tell you the moon is made of cheese. I could tell you many things, but the moon will still not be made of cheese, and I will still not be attracted to men. Cristina Marrero

Equality... is when you don't feel the existence of word Talees Rizvi

Syldor was not a land of oppressive rules, roles, and labels. Here, love and power were open to, for, and between all; woman or man, rich or poor. What mattered was the sharpness of your mind, the speed of your blade, and the heat of your touch. Natalia Marx

She was simply Asha, a woman on her own. Had the situation been otherwise, she might not have come to know her own brain. Katherine Boo

Feminism is the theory. Lesbianism is the practice. Alison Bechdel

If women cut back on their ambitions en masse, institutional change will never happen and the glass ceiling will lower. We need to be there to demand equal pay, mandatory maternity leave, more human hours. Leaving the “dirty work” of working to the men is a way of muffling our own voices. Emily Matchar

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. Aristotle

Saying of the ProphetReflectionThe Faithful are mirrors, one to the other. Idries Shah

Liberty is freedom constrained only by our responsibility to respect the equal rights of others. Dave Champion

The fundamental premise that all are equal under and before the law and all are entitled to the equal protection and the equal benefit of the law and when that is put in place, the law enforcement becomes manageable because just laws foster compliance, do not require coercion. George Stamatis

If anyone makes you feel less than you are, for the color of you skin, for where you come from, for the gender of the person you love, for the religion you have faith in, stand up, speak up, roar. No silence till we are equal. Thisuri Wanniarachchi

No man is above the law, and no man is below it. Theodore Roosevelt

ThoughtOf equality- as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chancesand rights as myself- as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same. Walt Whitman

We are free, but we are not equal. We are free, but not as free as other people in this land are free. Allan Dare Pearce

Periapólí can only become the greatest city in the world if every boy and girl is born into a life where anything is possible. Michael Oehley

I shake my head at my friend. “Not only is they lines, but you know good as I do where them lines be drawn.” Aibileen shakes her head. “I used to believe in em. I don’t anymore. They in our heads. People like Miss Hilly is always trying to make us believe they there. But they ain’t. Kathryn Stockett

I oppose same-sex marriage and civil unions but I support domestic partnership between gay and lesbian couples. I have no problem with gay and lesbian couples adopting. I support equal benefits for same-sex couples such as hospital visitation rights Mitt Romney

Next year, Equality Now will celebrate - if that’s the word - will clock its twentieth year. Two decades of fighting the good fight, fighting the cause, and in case I haven’t been the clear, the cause is that one half of the human race is given the same basic equal rights that the other half enjoys. Or, not given. Given back. That is not a milestone, twenty years, that I intend to go unnoticed. I want to make some noise. I want to make a joyful noise, I want to make too much noise. I want the neighbors to complain. I’m tired of being polite about something that matters so much. Joss Whedon

Everyone Deserves An Equal Footing. R.E. Conary

[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them James Howe

The beauty of standing up for your rights is others will see you standing and stand up as well. Cassandra Duffy

At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black. George Clooney

Men justify the women taking care of the kids and the house and holding down a job because, after all, men are the primary breadwinners in the family. But that’s because we fucking pay women less! Men claiming superiority over women because men make more money than they do is like claiming you’re stronger than a lion that you tranquilized and put in a cage. Sure, you’re in a better spot now–but how ’bout you unchain the beast and see what happens? . Trae Crowder

The pygmies, for example, or the Mindoro of the Philippines, do not want equal rights — they just want to be left alone. Paul Karl Feyerabend

This is why we all fight so hard. Not just for the vote, but for an equal opportunity in the world. A vote is a voice. I think you underestimate yourself, Queenie. This is your fight, same as it is mine. Sharon Biggs Waller