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Equal Pay Quotes

Since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the gap between men and women’s earnings has narrowed by less than a half-cent per year. At this rate, American women will have to wait until 2062 to bring home the same salary as their male counterparts.

– Jackie Speier

I’m willing to fight for Social Security, Medicare, student loans, U.S. jobs, equal pay, progressive taxation and full employment.

– Alan Grayson

Let the politicians debate equal pay and pursue the folly of a war on women in America.

– Brian Kilmeade

Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done.

– Barack Obama

I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn’t paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won’t do it. Because if you accept less, you’re just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.

– Cara Delevingne

Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work.

– Cathy McMorris Rodgers

I am an adamant feminist. It never occurred to me to take my husband’s name when we married. I am a supporter of abortion rights, of equal pay for equal work, of the rights of women prisoners, of all the time-honored feminist causes, and then some.

– Ayelet Waldman

With the depth of the women’s game, the entertainment it gives, and the work we put into it, I think equal pay is right.

– Caroline Wozniacki

Twenty years later, twenty years after I joined the women’s movement, we’re still talking about the same issues. We’re still talking about reproductive rights for women, and we’re still talking about getting equal pay for women. And that’s just frustrating.

– Corin Tucker

Why can’t there be an acknowledgment that, in some instances, women remove themselves from the workforce for a long time, and when they come back, of course they’re not going to get exactly equal pay?

– Megyn Kelly

If you say, I’m for equal pay, that’s a reform. But if you say. I’m a feminist, that’s a transformation of society.

– Gloria Steinem

Democrats have pushed for equal pay for women because we know that when women succeed, America succeeds.

– Donna Brazile

In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to chew gum in class – I wrote about why women should receive equal pay.

– Gillian Jacobs

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.

– Mao Zedong

And I spoke out on women’s rights, like equal pay for equal work.

– Karen Morley

I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work.

– Satya Nadella

Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the minimum wage, and ensuring equal pay for equal work.

– Paul Tonko

We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work.

– Satya Nadella

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

– Susan B. Anthony