We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he read more

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his read more

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.

The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top read more

The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.

I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.