Equal Respect Quotes:

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

- Philip James Bailey

source: Philip James Bailey (1847). “Festus, a poem. By P. J. Bailey”, p.131

topic: Respect, Giving, Ethics, Equal Respect, Respect Someone

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

- Jane Addams

source: Jane Addams (2006). “Jane Addams's Essays and Speeches on Peace”, p.303, A&C Black

topic: Attitude, Army, Men, Social Work, Equal Respect

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

- Anton Chekhov

source: "The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography".

topic: Friendship, Respect, Hate, Incapability, Equal Respect

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

- Aristotle

topic: Witty, Equality, Men, Equal Respect, Political Science

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

- Thomas Jefferson

source: Declaration of Independence (1776)

topic: Respect, Nature, Law, July 4, July 4th 1776

India is the land of Buddha and Gandhi. Equal respect for all religions must be in the DNA of every Indian.

- Narendra Modi

topic: Dna, Land, Empowerment, Equal Respect

The life of an ant and the life of my child should be accorded equal respect.

- Wayne Pacelle

topic: Children, Ants, Should, Equal Respect

To me, liberation doesn't mean that I can think just like a man. Real liberation means that I can think, act, and be like a woman and receive equal respect, honor, and compensation.

- Marianne Williamson

source: Source: scottlondon.com

topic: Real, Mean, Men, Equal Respect

In place of equal respect, the nation offered women the Miss America beauty pageant, established in 1920-the same year women won the vote.

- Susan Faludi

source: Susan Faludi (1991). “Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women”

topic: Years, America, Justice, Miss America, Equal Respect

I don’t know what happened through the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s that took feminism off the table, that made it something that women weren’t supposed to identify with and were supposed to be ashamed of. Feminism is about the fight for equality between the sexes, with equal respect, equal pay, and equal opportunity. At the moment we are still a long way off that.

- Keira Knightley

source: "Keira Knightley: ‘Where Are The Female Stories?’" By Nina Bahadur, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 1, 2015.

topic: Sex, Fighting, Opportunity, Equal Respect

By happy fraternity amongst themselves, the embodied beings get the supreme peace. Then all this earth shines like one house. When the men, the embodied beings treat each other with equal respect and have good brotherly feelings amongst themselves, great peace and harmony abound. Then all this earth shines like one house. The whole world shines like the one dwelling house of the entire human family.

- Ramana Maharshi

topic: Men, Dwelling, House, Equal Respect

In the real world, equal respect for all cultures doesn't translate into a rich mosaic of colorful and proud peoples interacting peacefully while maintaining a delightful diversity of food and craftwork. It translates into closed pockets of oppression, ignorance, and abuse.

- Ayaan Hirsi Ali

source: Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2011). “Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

topic: Real, Ignorance, Diversity, Equal Respect

American television is a huge product that is exported around the world and what that means is that what our movies and films say about who women [are] has global ramifications. There is a burden and a responsibility when you are someone who is very aware of how far we've yet to travel in granting women equal rights and equal respect and you are creating cultural products. You have to be responsible and be aware of the message that you are sending out.

- Liz W. Garcia

topic: Mean, Responsibility, Creating, Equal Respect, Ramifications

Except for their genitals, I don't know what immutable differences exist between men and women. Perhaps there are some other unchangeable differences; probably there are a number of irrelevant differences. But it is clear that until social expectations for men and women are equal, until we provide equal respect for both sexes, answers to this question will simply reflect our prejudices.

- Naomi Weisstein

topic: Respect, Sex, Men, Unchangeable, Equal Respect