"I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need." - Christine GregoireTweet
"The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale." - Johanna SiguroardottirTweet
"I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro. This is a passionately racist country it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future." - Susan SontagTweet
"The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality." - Elizabeth Cady StantonTweet
"I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership." - Patricia IrelandTweet
"Equal pay isn't just a women's issue when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits." - Mike HondaTweet
"All imaginable futures are not equally possible." - Kevin KellyTweet
"Nobody really believes in equality anyway." - Warren FarrellTweet
"I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions." - Barack ObamaTweet
"As an actor, you just want to work, and then you just want to be on a show or have a job that you love, and you hope that job will last - those things have happened. To have that platform to then talk about something that is very personal to me like marriage equality, it feels like a gift. I try and really respect that voice and not abuse it." - Jesse Tyler FergusonTweet