--- title: "28 Equality Law Quotes by 23 authors" description: "Browse 28 Equality Law quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Equality Law sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/hillary-clinton-51_duty_marriage-equality-is-the-law-of-the-land_2978187.jpg" --- > [Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law - end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/marriage-equality-is-the-law-of-the-land-officials-should-be-held-to/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/hillary-clinton-51_duty_marriage-equality-is-the-law-of-the-land_2978187.jpg) > [There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-livingstone/there-needs-to-be-radical-development-in-equality-law-to-create-the/) [Ken Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-livingstone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/ken-livingstone-3381_development_there-needs-to-be-radical-development-in_3091963.jpg) > [We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-stone/we-ask-only-for-justice-and-equal-rights-the-right-to-vote-the-right/) [Lucy Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/lucy-stone-16616_asks_we-ask-only-for-justice-and-equal-rights_694872.jpg) > [The great aim of the struggle for liberty has been equality before the law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/the-great-aim-of-the-struggle-for-liberty-has-been-equality-before/) [Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_aim_the-great-aim-of-the-struggle-for-libert_1659530.jpg) > [Equality may be the law, but no human power can install it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/equality-may-be-the-law-but-no-human-power-can-install-it/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/honor-de-balzac-197_equality_equality-may-be-the-law-but-no-human-pow_1257614.png) > [In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-liu/in-the-end-no-segregationist-scheme-has-withstood-the-force-of-a/) [Eric Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/eric-liu-9463_end_in-the-end-no-segregationist-scheme-has_364010.jpg) > [Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cooper/equality-under-the-law-is-the-slow-triumph-of-hope-over-history/) [Jim Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/jim-cooper-16128_equality_equality-under-the-law-is-the-slow-trium_1194552.png) > [I'm a Christian and a supporter of marriage equality under the law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shorten/i-m-a-christian-and-a-supporter-of-marriage-equality-under-the-law/) [Bill Shorten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shorten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e2/bill-shorten-14126_christian_i-m-a-christian-and-a-supporter-of-marri_2168604.jpg) > [Equality before the law in a true democracy is a matter of right. It cannot be a matter of charity or of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wiley-blount-rutledge/equality-before-the-law-in-a-true-democracy-is-a-matter-of-right-it/) [Wiley Blount Rutledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wiley-blount-rutledge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/wiley-blount-rutledge-89788_charity_equality-before-the-law-in-a-true-democr_2733345.png) > [Loyalty to the principles upon which our Government rests positively demands that the equality before the law which it guarantees to every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grover-cleveland/loyalty-to-the-principles-upon-which-our-government-rests-positively/) [Grover Cleveland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grover-cleveland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/grover-cleveland-6120_citizens_loyalty-to-the-principles-upon-which-our_1764672.jpg) > [The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatole-france/the-poor-have-to-labour-in-the-face-of-the-majestic-equality-of-the/) [Anatole France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatole-france/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/anatole-france-1443_equality_the-poor-have-to-labour-in-the-face-of-t_146363.jpg) > [In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatole-france/in-its-majestic-equality-the-law-forbids-rich-and-poor-alike-to-sleep/) [Anatole France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatole-france/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/anatole-france-1443_anger_in-its-majestic-equality-the-law-forbids_862804.jpg) > [“The majestic equality of the law forbids rich and poor alike from pissing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatole-france/the-majestic-equality-of-the-law-forbids-rich-and-poor-alike-from/) [Anatole France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatole-france/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/anatole-france-1443_equality_the-majestic-equality-of-the-law-forbids_1879627.jpg) > [I am going to ensure that LGBTQ Americans have full equality under the law and address the urgent crisis of violence against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-am-going-to-ensure-that-lgbtq-americans-have-full-equality-under/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/hillary-clinton-51_addresses_i-am-going-to-ensure-that-lgbtq-american_2048438.jpg) > [For what people have always sought is equality before the law. For rights that were not open to all alike would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/for-what-people-have-always-sought-is-equality-before-the-law-for/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_equality_for-what-people-have-always-sought-is-eq_2286661.jpg) > [When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/when-all-the-objectives-of-government-include-the-achievement-of/) [Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/margaret-thatcher-463_achievement_when-all-the-objectives-of-government-in_1660819.jpg) > [There is no such thing as equality, other than of opportunity and before the law. But there is no equality of what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/there-is-no-such-thing-as-equality-other-than-of-opportunity-and/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/rush-limbaugh-28_equality_there-is-no-such-thing-as-equality-other_1436104.jpg) > [From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/from-the-fact-that-people-are-very-different-it-follows-that-if-we/) [Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_achieve_from-the-fact-that-people-are-very-diffe_3230110.jpg) > [Regarding homophobia in general, the good news is that there is a lot less of it than there used to be. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-frank/regarding-homophobia-in-general-the-good-news-is-that-there-is-a-lot/) [Barney Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barney-frank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/barney-frank-3610_bad-news_regarding-homophobia-in-general-the-good_525247.png) > [“But even when the principle of equal treatment was betrayed, American leaders in every era have emphatically affirmed it, not so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/but-even-when-the-principle-of-equal-treatment-was-betrayed-american/) [Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/glenn-greenwald-1215_dreams_but-even-when-the-principle-of-equal-tre_811308.jpg) > [“America operates under the notion of equality before the law. Basic fairness is an article of faith. We may not agree on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-ellison/america-operates-under-the-notion-of-equality-before-the-law-basic/) [Keith Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33e/keith-ellison-4072_democracy_america-operates-under-the-notion-of-equ_410441.png) > [So long as millions of human beings in every country has to sell their labour-power to a small minority of owners, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/so-long-as-millions-of-human-beings-in-every-country-has-to-sell/) [Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17b/rudolf-rocker-14426_buyers_so-long-as-millions-of-human-beings-in-e_2228223.png) > [In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/in-its-proper-meaning-equality-before-the-law-means-the-right-to/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/nelson-mandela-248_administration_in-its-proper-meaning-equality-before-th_1243928.jpg) > [I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/i-don-t-hold-with-equality-in-all-things-only-with-equality-before/) [Thaddeus Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thaddeus-stevens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/thaddeus-stevens-28558_all-things_i-don-t-hold-with-equality-in-all-things_873241.jpg) > [The laboring man and the trade-unionist, if I understand him, asks only equality before the law. Class legislation and unequal privilege, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-laboring-man-and-the-trade-unionist-if-i-understand-him-asks-only/) [William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/william-howard-taft-3006_asks_the-laboring-man-and-the-trade-unionist_1664432.jpg) > [It is of the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/it-is-of-the-essence-of-the-demand-for-equality-before-the-law-that/) [Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77c/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_alike_it-is-of-the-essence-of-the-demand-for-e_557794.jpg) > [Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/equality-before-the-law-is-probably-forever-unattainable-it-is-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/anonymous-1_equality_equality-before-the-law-is-probably-fore_1600175.jpg) > [The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bork/the-purpose-that-brought-the-fourteenth-amendment-into-being-was/) [Robert Bork](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bork/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b33/robert-bork-16437_amendments_the-purpose-that-brought-the-fourteenth_1106864.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equality-law/#itemlist", "name": "Equality Law Quotes", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Marriage equality is the law of the land. 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