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    And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.

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    An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.

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    An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.

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    An intellectual inferiority of the masses would manifest itself most evidently in their aiming at the abolition of the system in which they themselves are supreme and are served by the elite of the most talented men.

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    An evident principleis the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak.

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    An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.

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    An occupation that has no basis in sex-determined gifts can now recruit its ranks from twice as many potential artists.

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    A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.

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    As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.

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    Appropriated to justice, to security, to reason, to restraint; where there is no respect of persons; where will is nothing and power is nothing and numbers are nothing, and all are equal and all secure before the law.

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    An idea built the wall of separation between the sexes, and an idea will crumble it to dust.

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    As far as male and female are concerned, difference is a biological fact, whereas equality is a political, ethical and social concept. No rule of nature or of social organization says that the sexes have to be the same or do the same things in order to be social, political and economic equals.

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

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    As if the ray which travels from the sun would reach me sooner than the man who blacks my boots.

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    . . . As a so-called "civilized" people, and as members of a society in search of lasting peace in the world, we cannot remain callous to our responsibility toward nature and insensitive to the inherent rights of the animals.

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    As long as countries wave chequebooks over our heads, we can never be equal.

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    A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

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    A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

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    By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.

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    As women began to challenge their own internalized views of a woman's proper place, their desire and demand for equal status and free choice began to grow exponentially.

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    Black ice is the smoothest naturally occuring ice there is, as if nature were condescending to art. ... Black ice is an act of nature as elusive as grace, and far more rare. ... I have never skated on black ice, but perhaps my children will. They'll know it, at least, when it appears: that the earth can stretch smooth and unbroken like grace, and they'll know as they know my voice that they were meant to have their share.

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    Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men?

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    Boy, you'll have a fair trial. Race, creed or color, justice will be done in my courtroom.

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    Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.

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    Changing the structure and rules of the global economy will require a mass movement based on messages of compassion, justice, and equality, as well as collaborative and democratic processes ... If we stay positive, inclusive, and democratic, we have a truly historic opportunity to build a global movement for social justice.

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    Communism and socialism is [sic] seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to needs. Everybody is equal. Everybody has a right to decent housing, decent food and affordable medical care. History should have taught us that when we hear people talk this stuff - watch out!

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    Come forward, some great marshal, and organize equality in society, and your rod shall swallow up all the juggling old court gold-sticks

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

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    Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice.

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    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

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    Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.

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    Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of it with regret. But for equality their passion is ardent, insatiable, incessant, invincible: they call for equality in freedom; and if they cannot obtain that, they still call for equality in slavery.

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    Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.

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    Each day, it seemed, another law was passed to impoverish and diminish them, punishing them for whatever success they achieved and rewarding their less competent and industrious neighbors.

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    Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.

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    Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.

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    Earlier feminists were almost universally pro-choice and have dominated political debate until now. Having access to abortion was viewed as the only way women could have full equality with men, who, until recently, couldn't get pregnant.

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    Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

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    Equality is deemed by many a mere speculative chimera, which can never be reduced to practice. But if the abuse is inevitable, does it follow that we ought not to try at least to mitigate it? It is precisely because the force of things tends always to destroy equality that the force of the legislature must always tend to maintain it.

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    Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.

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

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    Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.

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    Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

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    Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.

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    Equality of two domestic powers Breeds scrupulous faction.

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    Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.

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    Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality

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    Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

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    Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

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    Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.

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