“I ask no favors for my sex.
All I ask of our brethren is,
that they will take their feet from off our necks,
and permit us to stand upright
on that ground
which God designed us to occupy.”
~ Sarah Grimke
Quaker Feminist & Abolitionist
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Category Archives: Equality
“When all Americans are treated as equal,
no matter who they are or whom they love,
we are all more free.”
~ Barack Obama
“Equality is all about understanding our rights,
understanding what we stand for
and how powerful we are as men,
and as women,
black or white or Hispanic.”
~ LeBron James more
“We become the heirs of
Martin Luther King Jr.
by recognizing one another
not by the color of their skin
but by the content of their character.
This means
people of every race, ethnicity and religion
can be fully and equally American.
It means
that bigotry or white supremacy in any form
is blasphemy against the American creed.
It means
the very identity of our nation
depends on the passing of civic ideals
to the next generation.”
~ George W. Bush more
“America must always reject racial bigotry,
anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms.
As we pray for Charlottesville,
we are reminded of the fundamental truths
recorded by that city’s most prominent citizen
in the Declaration of Independence:
we are all created equal
and endowed by our Creator
with unalienable rights.
We know these truths to be everlasting
because we have seen the decency
and greatness of our country.”
~ George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush more
“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
“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