“In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth century, it was the battle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world.” 
Nicholas D. Kristof, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

“All through life there were distinctions – toilets for men, toilets for women; clothes for men, clothes for women – then, at the end, the graves are identical.” 
Leila Aboulela Minaret

“We must raise both the ceiling and the floor.” 
Sheryl Sandberg Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth.  Thomas Huxley