Achieving equality quotes:

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  • Sweden is an open, liberal, secular and democratic country. We strive towards achieving equality; we are forward-looking and refuse to be pulled back by social constructs such as religion. -- Bjorn Ulvaeus
  • That is what is most special about achieving equality - the positive signal that it will send the world over to the next generation of girls dreaming of winning Wimbledon or becoming a scientist or going to the moon as an astronaut. -- Maria Sharapova
  • Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility. -- Ban Ki-moon
  • Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view. -- Jenny Shipley
  • I'm a Christian. I want the world of justice and equality. This is the only way to achieve peace. -- Hugo Chavez
  • Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically. -- Stella Young
  • I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality. -- Sean Connery
  • Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion. -- Mario Vargas Llosa
  • We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls. -- Sri Mulyani Indrawati
  • As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties. -- Arthur Henderson
  • Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other. -- Mary Douglas
  • America is not perfect. It took a bloody civil war to free over 4 million African Americans who lived enslaved. It took another hundred years after that before they achieved full equality under the law. -- Marco Rubio
  • If we are to give the people of China complete self-government we must first solve the problem of livelihood for all, and give real freedom to the races within China. If the foundations of democracy are secure, then true equality can be achieved. -- Chiang Kai-shek
  • You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism - so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving. -- Paloma Faith
  • Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The United States has had a solid history of commitment to its female athletes and expanding opportunity for women, and it is imperative that we continue on this path. -- Linda Sanchez
  • The thing I want to see before I die is women achieving full equality in the world. I'm very passionate about injustice against women and there's too much of it in the world. In so many parts of the world, women are not regarded as worthy or equal to men. In parts of the world, women are bought and sold. -- Cherie Blair
  • Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it. -- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
  • Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility. -- Ban Ki-moon
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