#equal rights

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#cases #equal #equal rights #law #majority

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as the Equal Rights Amendment. ↗

— Sonia Johnson

#beautiful #church #equal #equal rights #feeling

I don't think that I would consider myself a feminist. I think that I certainly believe in equal rights, I believe that women are just as capable, if not more so in a lot of different dimensions, but I don't, I think have, sort of, the militant drive and the sort of, the chip on the shoulder that sometimes comes with that. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#capable #certainly #chip #comes #consider

I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#activist #animal #animal rights #care #compassion

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#does #equal #equal rights #intelligent #men

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many. ↗

— Adam Ferguson

#commercial #depress #equal #equal rights #every

International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#equal rights #free #independent #international #nations

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights. ↗

— Jules Shear

#equal rights #give #i #kind #rights

We are not supposed to be all equal. Let's just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough. ↗

— Ben Stein

#enough #equal #equal rights #forget #just

I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be so outspoken. ↗

— Betty Ford

#believe #cabinet #citizens #equal #equal rights