Equating Quotes

Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech. - James L. Buckley

The notion of equating students with hardened inmates is troubling, and it doesn't paint a pretty picture of how schools feel about their kids. - Steven Brown

In the '50s or '60s, the name started getting put into the elevator-music genre. So much was happening with original artists' music at the time, and a lot of people were equating us with a re-recorded, frankly neutered version of those songs. They didn't like it at all, and we started getting a bad brand connotation. It's something we're always going to have to deal with. - Karen Vigeland

I think more police presence is equating to fewer problems. The days we do have a problem are the days police presence is minimal. - David Goodman

Chairman Dean's outrageous comparison today between the United States and Iran is reckless and wrong. By equating the United States of America to an oppressive regime that promotes anti-Semitism, suppresses women and restricts free speech, Howard Dean continues to lower the bar for political discourse in this country. The question for Democrats is, do they stand beside their party chairman and his latest wild-eyed attack? - Tracey Schmitt

But equating Islam and Muslims with violence and terror is not new. It has been going on for a long time. - Chandra Muzaffar