CURATED COLLECTION

The Fight for Equality

Equality has never been handed down from above — it has always been taken from below.

80 quotes found

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Women's stories, once whispered, must now be shouted loud, demanding to be heard.

—Ángeles MastrettaNovelist & Journalist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Poetry is not a luxury; it is a weapon, a shield, a song of resistance.

—Gioconda BelliPoet & Novelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Behind our black mask, behind our armed voice, we have a simple dream.

—Subcomandante MarcosTheorist

Late Modern ERA • Central America

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There is no heaven for me if my sister is not free.

—Subramania BharatiPoet & Journalist

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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The people's voice, when sung with truth, becomes an unstoppable river.

—Amparo OchoaActivist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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Freedom is not given. It is taken by the people themselves.

—Albertina SisuluActivist

Late Modern ERA • Southern Africa

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We are persons in our own right, with an equal interest in all that concerns humanity.

—Elizabeth Cady StantonActivist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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There is no place for racism in New Zealand. This is not who we are.

—Jacinda ArdernPolitician

Digital Age ERA • Oceania

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I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who fought for their right to live in peace.

—Malala YousafzaiActivist

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

—Franklin D. RooseveltPresident

Early Modern ERA • North America

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Our power is in our collective, not in our individual.

—Alicia GarzaActivist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The downtrodden, the oppressed, must speak for themselves. Their voice matters.

—Mahasweta DeviWriter & Activist

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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The best protection for a state is an army of brave citizens.

—DemosthenesStatesman & Orator

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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To exist means to resist.

—Achille MbembePhilosopher & Theorist

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Justice demands a restructuring of social institutions.

—Patricia Hill CollinsSociologist, Scholar & Feminist

Late Modern ERA • North America

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We are an open, diverse, and inclusive nation, and we want to keep it that way.

—Jacinda ArdernPolitician

Digital Age ERA • Oceania

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Nobody can give you freedom, equality, or justice. If you're a man, you take it.

—Malcolm XActivist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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Nobody in the world is free until we are all free.

—Assata ShakurActivist

Late Modern ERA • North America

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I shall not see the humiliation of the Ashanti nation by the white men.

—Yaa AsantewaaQueen

Industrial Age ERA • West Africa

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To resist is a way of inventing the world.

—Diamela EltitNovelist, Essayist & Theorist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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