Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance. Kofi Annan quotes Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact Honore de Balzac quotes The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights. Thomas Jefferson quotes Deep down, beneath all our insecurities, beneath all our hopes for and beliefs in equality, each of us believes we're better than anyone else. Because it's our beliefs that are right, our doubts that are allowable ones, our fears which are legitimate. Audrey Beth Stein quotes More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. Kofi Annan quotes The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. Anatole France quotes Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. Kahlil Gibran quotes Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity. Anonymous quotes |