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Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Nice distinctions are troublesome. It is so much easier to say that a thing is black, than to discriminate the particular shade… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God... So I… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Others -- as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and office-holders -- serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
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[Keeping kosher was] the symbol of an initiation, like the insignia of a secret brotherhood, that set her apart and gave her… — Jessie Sampter Copy Share Image
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All citizens including women are equally admissible to all public dignities, offices, and employments, according to their capacity, and with no other… — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
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