quotations about equality
That all men are equal is a proposition which at ordinary times no sane individual has ever given his assent.
ALDOUS HUXLEY
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Proper Studies
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
THUCYDIDES
History of the Peloponnesian War
Those fighting to be included in the ideal of equality are not being divisive; those fighting to keep those people out are.
JON STEWART
The Late Show, July 21, 2016
Equality begins with economic empowerment.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
RNC acceptance speech, August 18, 1988
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
MAHATMA GANDHI
attributed, The Photographer's Vision
Peace, love and equality
Your terms
I don't fit into those words
BIKINI KILL
"Blood One"
Equality is one of the most consummate scoundrels that ever crept from the brain of a political juggler; a fellow who thrusts his hand into the pocket of honest industry or enterprising talent, and squanders their hard-earned profits on profligate idleness or indolent stupidity.
L. LANGSTAFF
attributed, Day's Collacon
No one enjoys being equal.
DAVID MAMET
Goldberg Street: Short Plays and Monologues
Equality begins in the grave.
AMERICAN PROVERB
Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs, when placed beneath it.
NINON DE L'ENCLOS
attributed, Day's Collacon
God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.
REX STOUT
The League of Frightened Men
We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it.
AYN RAND
The Fountainhead
What is life without liberty; and what is liberty without equality of rights?
ERNESTINE L. ROSE
History of Woman Suffrage
The power of equality
Is not yet what it ought to be
It fills me up like a hollow tree
The power of equality
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
"The Power of Equality"
Equality lies only in human moral dignity.... Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
The Brothers Karamazov
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.... The subjection of individuals will increase amongst democratic nations, not only in the same proportion as their equality, but in the same proportion as their ignorance.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
Democracy in America
Let me take you on a little trip
My supersonic ship's at your disposal
If you feel so inclined. Well alright.
Nobody's gonna travel second class
There'll be equality
THE KINKS
"Supersonic Rocket Ship"
The only place where you can find equality is in the cemetery.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.
MILTON FRIEDMAN
Free to Choose
Equality is a perpetual threat to the status quo.
ROBERT TSAI
Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation