Many believe that equality is about making everyone have the same economic or social level, but in reality, this concept goes beyond economics; It is about respect for others, and trying to ensure that everyone has the same opportunities to self-actualize and make their lives meaningful and satisfying.
This has to do both with the way we treat other people, and with the social transformations we want to promote.
To better understand this value, here we will a review of the best phrases about equality commented.
This collection of equality phrases helps us appreciate the importance of everyone having the same opportunities to improve.
1. All men are born equal, but this is the last time they are. (Abraham Lincoln)
As we grow up we can fall into the temptation of believing ourselves to be very special or even better than others.
2. The achievement of gender equality is more than an objective, it is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good government. (Kofi Anan)
Gender equality is extremely important.
3. The gender is between the ears and not between the legs. (Chaz Bono)
Gender is a set of roles and expectations that are to some extent arbitrary, but that allow the implementation of a system of domination and inequality.
4. I do not want women to have power over men, but over themselves. (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A reflection on the need to take the helm of one’s own life.
5. Equal rights for all, privileges for no one. (Thomas Jefferson)
We all have the right to be equal before the laws and men.
6. The two sexes are not inferior or superior to each other. They are simply different. (Gregorio Marañón)
There is no weaker or stronger sex.
7. Before God, we are all equally wise and equally foolish. (Albert Einstein)
We are all identical in the eyes of God.
8. A man only has the right to look down on another when he has to help him up. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
There is no need to bow down to others, no one is inferior.
9. The sun rises for everyone, and when it rains we all get wet.
People have a lot in common.
10. All human beings have their own dignity and each one is an end in themselves. (Immanuel Kant)
Decency is important and that helps us be better.
11. The first equality is equity. (Victor Hugo)
Justice must be for everyone.
12. Where there is little justice it is a danger to be right. (Francisco de Quevedo)
Injustice leads to avoiding expression.
13. If man fails to reconcile justice and freedom, he fails in everything. (Albert Camus)
We must fight for justice and freedom.
14. If you practice equity, even if you die you will not perish. (Tao te ching)
When you fight for an ideal, your legacy will not die.
15. The homeland is equity, respect for all opinions and consolation for those who are sad. (Jose Marti)
Having respect for the nation is an attitude that we must all apply.
16. When you lie, you steal the other’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. (Khaled Hosseini)
Lying and deception are thieves of equality and justice.
17. Justice is the queen of republican virtues and with it equality and freedom are sustained. (Simon Bolivar)
Without true justice there are no rights or freedom.
18. Achieving gender equality requires the participation of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone’s responsibility. (Ban Ki-moon)
Together we must fight to ensure gender equality.
19. A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. (Gloria Steinem)
It refers to how important it is to live as a couple.
20. The problem with equality is that we want it only with those at the top. (Henri Becque)
Many times we focus on helping those who are equal to us and leave aside those from the lower class.
21. Gender equality must be a lived reality. (Michelle Bachelet)
It is inconceivable that in the 21st century, gender equality is not a reality.
22. All men are equal in at least one aspect: their desire to be different. (William Randolph Hearst)
We always have the desire to be different from other people.
23. All men should be feminists. If they cared about women’s rights, the world would be a better place. (John Legend)
Women are despised in many ways.
24. Being free is not just about getting rid of one’s chains, but about living in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. (Nelson Mandela)
Our own freedom is achieved when we fight for that of others.
25. Calling women “the weaker sex” is a slander; It is the injustice of man towards woman. (Mahatma Gandhi)
Women are classified as the weaker sex, the reality is completely different.
26. Equality may be a right, but there is no human power that can ever make it a fact. (Honoré de Balzac)
Achieving equality is a difficult task to achieve.
27. When a man wants to kill a tiger, he calls it sport; When it is the tiger who wants to kill him, he calls it ferocity. (George Bernard Shaw)
Do not do to others what you would not like them to do to you.
28. Fighting for women’s rights often makes us synonymous with hating men. I just know one thing is true: We need to stop those thoughts. (Emma Watson)
Women should not minimize men when fighting for their ideals.
29. If someone considers themselves limited by their gender, race, or origin, they will become even more limited. (Carly Fiorina)
There is no obstacle that prevents being free.
30. There is no barrier, lock or bolt that you can impose on the freedom of my mind. (Virginia Woolf)
Freedom of thought is something we should all possess.
31. The only stable State is one in which all citizens are equal before the law. (Aristotle)
For this great philosopher of Ancient Greece, the law was made for everyone without any type of distinction.
32. Equality is like gravity, a necessity. (Joss Whedon)
Without equality the world would be chaos.
33. Racial, gender, sexual and other forms of discrimination and violence cannot be eliminated without changing the culture. (Charlotte Bunch)
There are cultures where women, people of color and sexual preference are reasons for segregation and intimidation.
34. Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow you. Don’t walk behind me, I may not guide you. Walk next to me and be my friend. (Albert Camus)
We should not believe ourselves to be superior or inferior to anyone.
35. Educating in equality and respect is educating against violence. (Benjamin Franklin)
When we educate children in an environment of respect and equality, we will be forming noble and empathetic people.
36. Is the superior idea of discipline that these soldiers carry in their blood, not enough to invalidate their capacity for fairness? Whoever says discipline says obedience. (Emile Zola)
Discipline does not always mean obedience.
37. Love is not domesticated, it is not improvised, it is not imposed; It is built between two. In all fairness. (Yasmina Khadra)
Love is built between two, from a relationship of equals.
38. Nothing is preferable to justice. (Socrates)
Justice has to be the north.
39. Equality before the law is not a fact but a political demand based on a moral decision. (Karl Raimund Popper)
The laws have to be the same for everyone.
40. No one can give you your freedom. No one can give you your equality or justice or anything else. If you are a man, take it. (Malcolm X)
Only you are responsible for your destiny.
41. If you practice equity, even if you die you will not perish. (Lao Tse)
If you are fair, you will be an example to follow.
42. Anyone who knows a little about history knows that progress would be impossible without the female figure. (Karl Marx)
Women have been a fundamental figure in all the important events that have existed and will exist.
43. The desired equality cannot exist in society, as it does not exist in nature.
Nature also deserves respect.
44. The level of civilization to which various human societies have reached is in proportion to the independence that women have enjoyed. (Flora Tristan)
Women have been a fundamental figure in society.
45. Not all citizens of a State can be equally powerful, but they should be equally free. (Voltaire)
Freedom is more important than power.
46. Gender inequality reduces the ability to see others as similar.
Non-equality allows people to be seen as inferior.
47. If there is no coffee for everyone, there will be no coffee for anyone. (Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara)
It refers to the fact that we should all have the same rights.
48. The good of many is preferable to the opulence of a few. (Jose Marti)
We should all have the same possibilities.
49. I am a woman and I write. I am a commoner and I know how to read. I was born a servant and I am free. I have seen wonderful things in my life. I have done wonderful things in my life. (Rosa Montero)
Neither gender nor social classes are excuses for not fighting for what you want.
50. Privilege is the greatest enemy of law. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
Having privileges leads to believing oneself superior.
51. When women have power, they immensely improve the lives of everyone around them. (Prince Harry of England)
Words that enhance the power of the female figure.
52. Let each man recognize his neighbor as his equal by nature. The violation of this precept is pride. (Thomas Hobbes)
Pride prevents us from recognizing the equality of people.
53. Equality is a vital need of the human soul. (Simone Weil)
Human beings need their equality to be recognized.
54. The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The tolerance test comes when we are in the majority. (Ralph W. Sockman)
Tolerance and courage are learned by living with other people.
55. Marriage should be open to any adult couple who wants to enter into that contract, regardless of their sexual orientation. It is an issue of equal civil rights. (Judith Butler)
Love knows no sexual orientation.
56. What greater happiness or glory than to belong to a country where the laws, equity and judgment of public opinion are respected! (Francisco de Paula Santander)
Having a country where respect and justice is its flag is a place where it is worth living.
57. Ethics and fairness are the principles of justice that do not change with the calendar. (D.H. Lawrence)
Having impeccable conduct and being fair is something that has no expiration date.
58. The absence of surprise gives us confidence, we are on the path to well-being distributed with equity. (Margaret Mazzantini)
Surprises are not always pleasant.
59. We must move from a society of production of material products to another type of society that sustains all life, and the production of human values that can be shared by everyone, because the Earth belongs to everyone. (Leonardo Buff)
Teaching values is what will allow us to have a planet to live on.
60. Democracy has the most beautiful name that exists: Equality. (Herodotus)
Within democracy everything is possible.
61. There are few fair people because there are few people willing to give each person what they deserve. (Ricardo García Damborenea)
Giving people what they deserve allows us to have a more just and balanced society.
62. Each one loves his equal, and feels his good and evil.
Every person has someone to love.
63. There is a plan and a purpose, a value in every life, regardless of location, age, sex or disability. (Sharron Angle)
We were all born with a purpose to fulfill.
64. The same amount of respect and attention is due to every human being, because human beings have no degrees. (Simone Weil)
No one can consider themselves superior.
65. All people on earth are equal from their birth, all people have the right to live, to be free and happy. (Ho Chi Minh)
Humanity was born to be free.
66. Equality is the soul of freedom; in fact, there is no freedom without it. (Frances Wright)
Without freedom there is no equality and vice versa.
67. Calling gender violence a ‘women’s issue’ is part of the problem. It gives a huge amount of men the perfect excuse not to pay attention. (Jackson Katz)
Man and woman are part of a whole, both must work together.
You may be interested: “The 11 types of violence (and the different types of aggression)”
68. It’s time we see gender as a spectrum instead of two opposing ideals.
The topic of gender is taboo in many societies.
69. As soon as women are granted equality with men, they become superior to him. (Margaret Thatcher)
Women have been classified as having a higher degree of superiority than men.
70. The two sexes are not superior or inferior to each other. They are simply different. (Gregorio Marañón)
Man and woman are different, but with the same rights.
71. The bravest act is to think for yourself. Aloud. (Coco Chanel)
It is always important to raise your voice for what is unfair.
72. Well-behaved women rarely make history. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
The women who have fought for a just cause are the ones who have stood out.
73. Equality towards women is progress for everyone. (Ban Ki-moon)
Increasingly, women have managed to occupy positions that were only the province of men.
74. I want for myself what I want for other women: absolute equality. (Agnes Macphail)
We must fight to achieve equality for women.
75. Equality between men and women will be achieved when a woman with an empty head can go as far as a man with that same characteristic. (Estella E. Ramey)
There are women with few qualities who can go far.
76. The longer we live, the more we realize that we are like other people. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
We all age in the same way.
77. Death, fires and robberies make all men equal. (Charles Dickens)
Death is the destiny that we all have, without distinction of race, skin color, sexual preference or religion.
78. Through work, women have been able to bridge the distance that separates them from men. (Simone de Beauvoir)
Through struggle and effort, women have been able to be on par with men.
79. The law should be like death, which does not exempt anyone. (Montesquieu)
Laws should be for everyone.
80. It is always more valuable to have people’s respect than admiration. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
It is better to be respected than admired.
81. Treat the little ones as you would like to be treated by the big ones. (Spanish proverb)
I’m Emily Williams Jones, a psychologist specializing in mental health with a focus on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness. With a Ph.D. in psychology, my career has spanned research, clinical practice and private counseling. I’m dedicated to helping individuals overcome anxiety, depression and trauma by offering a personalized, evidence-based approach that combines the latest research with compassionate care.
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