Equality Quotes

“The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad, sad soil of extreme, degrading, damning poverty, but the land in which there are the most homesteads, freeholds - where wealth does not show such contrasts high and low, where all men have enough - a modest living- and no man is made possessor beyond the sane and beautiful necessities.”

“I am the poet of the woman the same as the man, And I say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man, And I say there is nothing greater than the mother of a man.”

“In all people I see myself - none more, and not one a barleycorn less; And the good or bad I say of myself, I say of them.”

“Mortals are equal; their mask differs.”

“Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.”

“In America, no other distinction between man and man had ever been known but that of persons in office exercising powers by authority of the laws, and private individuals. Among these last, the poorest laborer stood on equal ground with the wealthiest millionaire, and generally on a more favored one whenever their rights seem to jar.”

“No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America.”

“Equal rights for all, special privileges for none”

“the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.”

“I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment.”

“We love to entertain kings and queens, but at Disneyland, everyone is a V.I.P.”

“I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.”

“Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and dwarf trees, a jostle of conflicting jealousies. It means, in civic terms, an equal outlet for all talents; in political terms, that all votes will carry the same weight; and in religious terms that all beliefs will enjoy equal rights.”

“All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free”

“That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.”

“We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

“All men are created equal.”

“It aint about black or white cause we`re human”

“Bonaparte knew but one merit, and rewarded in one and the same way the good soldier, the good astronomer, the good poet, the good player.”

“The moral equalizes all; enriches, empowers all. It is the coin which buys all, and which all find in their pocket. Under the whipof the driver, the slave shall feel his equality with saints and heroes.”

“I wouldn't want to date a pushover who would let me make all the plans and have all the control.”

“Clearly, only very unequal intellectual and moral standing could justify having equality imposed, whether the people want it or not, as Dworkin suggests, and only very unequal power would make it possible.”

“It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected to meet.”

“It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.”