“Whatever is my right
is also the right of another;
and it becomes my duty to guarantee
as well as possess.”
~ Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Part 1, 1791
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Category Archives: Equality
“For to be free
is not merely to cast off one’s chains,
but to live in a way
that respects and enhances
the freedom of others.”
~ Nelson Mandela
“I have the audacity to believe
that peoples everywhere
can have three meals a day for their bodies,
education and culture of their minds,
and dignity, equality,
and freedom for their spirits.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr
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“We must scrupulously guard
the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens,
whatever their background.
We must remember that any oppression,
any injustice, any hatred,
is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.”
~ Franklin D.Roosevelt
“There is no such thing as gender, race or class.
They are cultural inventions.
We are linked, not ranked.”
~ Gloria Steinem
“The search for human freedom
can never be complete without
freedom for women.”
~ Betty Ford more
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
From address given on June 16, 1858