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title: "1 Equality Law Quotes By Wiley Blount Rutledge"
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> [Equality before the law in a true democracy is a matter of right. It cannot be a matter of charity or of favor or of grace or of discretion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wiley-blount-rutledge/equality-before-the-law-in-a-true-democracy-is-a-matter-of-right-it/)

Wiley Blount Rutledge

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## More by Wiley Blount Rutledge

> [It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wiley-blount-rutledge/it-was-not-by-accident-or-coincidence-that-the-rights-to-freedom-in/)

Wiley Blount Rutledge

> [Equality before the law in a true democracy is a matter of right. It cannot be a matter of charity or of favor or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wiley-blount-rutledge/equality-before-the-law-in-a-true-democracy-is-a-matter-of-right-it/)

Wiley Blount Rutledge

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