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" 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
Equality
Always
Independence
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" I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world. "
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" Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile. "
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" Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're reminded that we're all human and all equal. It's where people can find and fight for a cause, global or local, popular or specialized, even when there are hundreds of miles between them. "
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" I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me. "
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" Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. "
Honore de Balzac
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" The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries toward self-determination and self-government. It should offer resistance to foreign aggression, and simultaneously, it should revise foreign treaties in order to restore our equality and independence among the nations. "
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" Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice. "
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" As a result of America's efforts to realize the ideals of equality and freedom, blacks in America are now the freest and richest black people anywhere on the face of the earth including all of the nations that are ruled by blacks. "
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" When Landon Carter, a Virginia plantation owner, read the Declaration of Independence two days after it was issued, he wondered whether its ringing affirmation of equality meant that slaves must be freed. If so, he confided to his diary, 'You must send them out of the country, or they must steal for their support.' "
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" I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points. "
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" I'm a fan of the kind of political correctness that is about not promoting prejudice. But some people in America are offended by equality because when you've had privilege for so long, equality feels like oppression. "
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" Any government I lead will continue with the equality of gay and lesbian people. "
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" President Clinton's support of the LGBT community and recognition that DOMA, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, is unconstitutional and should be struck down shows that the political landscape continues to change in favor of LGBT equality. Leaders and allies like President Clinton are critical to moving our march for equality forward. "
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" The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it. "
Robert Toombs
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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
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" Gender equality is one of the principles we will never compromise at Accenture. "
Pierre Nanterme
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" While the law cannot force a person to be moral or tolerant, through the law we can demand respect and expect equality. "
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" If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim. "
Robert Kennedy
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" I know what it's like to be in the closet! I know what it's like to be bullied and attacked because someone or some group thought I was different or below them... so, I'm coming out of the closet as an ally of equality for everyone; as an ally to hope. "
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" We are convinced that gender equality is the foundation of sustainable peace and development and that gender-based violence needs to be addressed head-on as part of the efforts to build peace. "
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" The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law. "
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" We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us. "
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" With the full power of our 360,000 people, we said to the external world, 'This is what we believe at Accenture is the right thing to do, and gender equality is among the business principles which are fundamental for a company, and we want this to be known outside.' "
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" Today, it's about gender equality, not neutrality. Anyone who doesn't agree would be a bit of an idiot. "
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" More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. "
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" I am so proud of being a Paralympian because I think the Games are a very good platform for disabled persons to perform themselves. Within the Paralympics movement, it's not just talk about excellence; it's not just talk about the competition. It's also talk about the equality and how your world accepts those disabled people. "
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" The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. "
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" The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality. "
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" Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was true up to a point, but Roman citizens lived in a society that accepted pain, cruelty, and torture as the norm, and in which there was no suggestion of equality at birth or mercy in the afterlife. "
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