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For equal work equally well performed by a man and by a woman, it is ordained that the woman on the ground of her sex alone shall receive a less recompense.
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We make this demand, not for our own sakes alone, but for the succour of the race.
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We demand nothing more than this, and we will take nothing less.
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Give us labour and the training which fits for labour! We demand this, not for ourselves alone, but for the race.
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General propositions do not decide concrete cases.
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He who is wise tries to harmonise the wishes that seek for self-gratification with the wish for the social good, and only thus can he realise his higher self.
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The laws of friendship are austere and eternal, of one web with the laws of nature and of morals.
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Work rather for those interests which the divinities honor and promote,--justice, love, freedom, knowledge, utility.
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neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with the equal protection principle when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they are women, full citizenship stature -- equal opportunity to aspire, achieve, participate in and contribute to society based on their individual talents and capacities
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To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.
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A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government, and a government is only the creature of a constitution.
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SEAL training was a great equalizer. Nothing mattered but your will to succeed. Not your color, not your ethnic background, not your education and not your social status.
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Convince me that liberty is not the inalienable birthright of every human being, of whatever complexion or clime, and I will give that instrument to the consuming fire.
William Lloyd Garrisonverified·No Compromise with Slavery: An Address Delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York·February 14, 1854
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Slavery cannot bear one ray of light, or the slightest criticism.
William Lloyd Garrisonverified·No Compromise with Slavery: An Address Delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York·February 14, 1854
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The right to speak freely and to promote diversity of ideas and programs is therefore one of the chief distinctions that sets us apart from totalitarian regimes.
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The vitality of civil and political institutions in our society depends on free discussion.
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The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves.