1,457 Quotes About Equality

We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.

From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position, and that the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently. Equality before the law and material equality are therefore not only different but are in conflict with each other; and we can achieve either one or the other, but not both at the same time

A society that does not recognise that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.

All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish.

Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.

Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.

For if all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized.

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.

Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.