quotations about equality
Invisible hand clutching at the throat
Statistical sham an emperor's rags it's sad it's so sad
Because equality's the only plea green fields are burning
The reef's on fire and bellies are swollen they're hurting
A willing victim's I don't think so
We won't be pinned against the wall
There is no slogan that can feed you
MIDNIGHT OIL
"Tone Poem", Capricornia
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 is a perpetual threat to the status quo.
ROBERT TSAI
Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation
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
We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.
DERRICK A. BELL
Ethical Ambition
The equalization of fortunes may have some slight tendency to stifle animosity and to prevent dissension. But its effect is always inconsiderable, and often doubtful; since those who think themselves entitled to superiority will not patiently brook equality.
ARISTOTLE
Politics
Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
H. L. MENCKEN
"H. L. Mencken: His Last Gibes and Brickbats", Life Magazine, Feb. 20, 1956
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.
ERICH FROMM
The Art of Loving