#equal

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#equal #inspirational #truth #equality

I made the choice to be vegan because I will not eat (or wear, or use) anything that could have an emotional response to its death or captivity. I can well imagine what that must feel like for our non-human friends - the fear, the terror, the pain - and I will not cause such suffering to a fellow living being. ↗

— Rai Aren

#animals #compassion #equality #ethical-vegan #kindness

Anyway, even if Archer was insane enough to have a thing for Sophie, after the All Hallow’s Eve Ball, he won’t even think about looking at another girl.” “Why?” “I’ve decided to give myself to him.” Oh, gross. Who says stuff like that? Why didn’t she just say “delicate flower” or “carnal treasure” or something equally stupid? ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#elodie #equality

This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together.... But I do love you surely in a better way then he does." He thought. "Yes -- really in a better way. I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#love #romance #equality

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#freedom #equality

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued." (From a speech read on video on August 31, 1995 before the NGO Forum on Women, Beijing, China) ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#empowerment #equality #men #women #equality

It takes no compromise to give people their rights...it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression. ↗

— Harvey Milk

#gay #gay-rights #equality

When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. ↗

— Leonard P. Matlovich

#equality #gay #military #vietnam #equality

For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. ↗

— Stephen King

#lust #men #equality

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#equality