1. Equal rights is nonsense. (Morning Walk: Rome, 5/29/74)
2. It will be failure. (Arrival Lecture: Philadelphia, 7/11/75)
3. Equal rights is claimed by rascal Westerners. (Morning Walk: Ahmedabad, 9/25/75)
4. By equal rights women are killing their own child. (Letter: Ed Gilbert, Vrindavan, 9/9/75)
5. I am not trying for equal rights. (Television Interview: Chicago, 7/9/75)
6. Rascals give equal rights. (Morning Walk: Los Angeles, 6/27/75)
7. If you want equal rights then stop giving birth to a child. (Morning Walk: Perth, 5/75)
8. Why you are accepting this nonsense philosophy? (Morning Walk: Rome, 5/29/74)
9. The equal rights movement is a means by which men cheat the women. (SSR, 1)
10. This equal rights philosophy is very appealing [to] fools and rascal. (Morning Walk: Rome, 5/29/74)
11. Equal rights is not allowed in the Vedic sastra. (Bg 16.7: Hawaii, 2/3/75)
12. Regardless of attempts for equality, unequality there must remain. (Morning Walk: Rome, 5/29/74)
13. Equal rights is not Vedic idea. (SB 1.8.51: Los Angeles, 5/13/73)
14. It is not possible--it is not possible. (Morning Walk: Rome, 5/29/74)
15. Where is the benefit of equal rights? (Room Conversation after Press Conference: Chicago, 7/9/75)
16. Equal rights will not help the human society. (Conversation [regarding the philosphies of B.F. Skinner & Henry David Thoreau])
17. How she can be happy? That is not possible. (Bg Lecture: Ahmedabad, 12/8/72)
18. Equal rights is very grave problems. (SB 1.16.7: Los Angeles, 1/4/74)
19. You cannot make equality. (Morning Walk: Rome, 5/29/74)
20. That is not Vedic civilization. (SB 7.9.24: Mayapur, 3/2/76)
21. Artificially do not try to become equal with men. (Bg 16.7: Hawaii, 2/3/75)
22. There cannot be equality, sir. You are talking nonsense. (Morning Walk: Rome, 5/29/74)
23. Equal rights is an artificial introduction to human society. (Conversation [regarding a theory of Bertrand Russell])
24. Equal rights is rascaldom philosophy. (Morning Walk: Rome, 5/29/74)
25. It is already failure.(Arrival Lecture: Philadelphia, 7/11/75)
26. Equal rights is impossible (Cc. Adi. 17.44)
TRUE EQUALITY MEANS EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO BECOME GODLY
”For God there is no discrimination. Women, men, have equal rights to become godly and back to home, back to Godhead.” - SB 5.5.2 lecture, 10/22/75, Johannesburg
REAL INDEPENDENCE IS DEPENDENCE ON KRISHNA
[Prabhupada indicates that real independence belongs to both men and women equally. Real Independence means full dependence on Krsna and Guru:]
"In other words, the living entity is situated between the two energies of the Lord, and because he belongs to the superior energy of the Lord, he has a particle of independence. By proper use of that independence he comes under the direct order of Krsna. Thus he attains his normal condition in the pleasure-giving potency." -Bg 18.78p
"Real independence means complete faith in the mercy of the Lord without dependence on the conditions of matter. This paramahamsa stage is the highest perfectional stage in bhakti-yoga, the process of devotional service to the Supreme Lord." -SB 1.18.22p