Equal Rights Party

Equal Rights Party may refer to:

  • Equal Rights Party (Canada)
  • Equal Rights Party (United States), four different 19th century American political parties
  • Liberia Equal Rights Party
  • Equal Rights (Latvia)

Famous quotes containing the words equal rights, equal, rights and/or party:

    “I’ll do anything to pass the ERA [Equal Rights Amendment], even if it means wearing babydoll nightgowns and padded bras, if that will make people less afraid.”
    —Joan Hackett (1934–1983)

    “Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers’ incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them?”
    —Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)

    “She, too, would now swim down the river of matrimony with a beautiful name, and a handle to it, as the owner of a fine family property. Women’s rights was an excellent doctrine to preach, but for practice could not stand the strain of such temptation.”
    —Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    “A party is perpetually corrupted by personality.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)