--- title: "15 Perfect Equality Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 15 Perfect Equality quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Perfect Equality sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/thomas-jefferson-43_citizenship_the-best-principles-of-our-republic-secu_139945.jpg" --- > [The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-best-principles-of-our-republic-secure-to-all-its-citizens-a/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/thomas-jefferson-43_citizenship_the-best-principles-of-our-republic-secu_139945.jpg) > [“Democracy means perfect equality of opportunity, especially in education; not the rotation of every Tom, Dick and Harry in public office.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/democracy-means-perfect-equality-of-opportunity-especially-in/) [Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/will-durant-948_democracy_democracy-means-perfect-equality-of-oppo_1394380.png) > [Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/where-there-are-no-distinctions-there-can-be-no-superiority-perfect/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/thomas-paine-267_class_where-there-are-no-distinctions-there-ca_734177.png) > [Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/among-the-features-peculiar-to-the-political-system-of-the-united-2/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/james-madison-373_equality_among-the-features-peculiar-to-the-polit_1757197.png) > [The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-jackson/the-wisdom-of-man-never-yet-contrived-a-system-of-taxation-that-would/) [Andrew Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/andrew-jackson-2317_equality_the-wisdom-of-man-never-yet-contrived-a_3221577.png) > [The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-toombs/the-basis-the-corner-stone-of-this-government-was-the-perfect/) [Robert Toombs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-toombs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/robert-toombs-19394_bases_the-basis-the-corner-stone-of-this-gover_223518.png) > [“That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes -- the legal subordination of one sex to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/that-the-principle-which-regulates-the-existing-social-relations/) [John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/john-stuart-mill-477_equality_that-the-principle-which-regulates-the-e_2961143.png) > [The legal subordination of one sex to another - is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/the-legal-subordination-of-one-sex-to-another-is-wrong-in-itself-and/) [John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/john-stuart-mill-477_admitting_the-legal-subordination-of-one-sex-to-an_2051283.jpg) > [The civilization of any country may always be measured by the degree of equality between men and women; and society will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-m-child/the-civilization-of-any-country-may-always-be-measured-by-the-degree/) [Lydia M. Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-m-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/lydia-m-child-9261_civilization_the-civilization-of-any-country-may-alwa_1365154.png) > [From the standpoint of modern political science the slave holders were right in declaring that liberty can be given only to those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-edward-merriam/from-the-standpoint-of-modern-political-science-the-slave-holders/) [Charles Edward Merriam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-edward-merriam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/charles-edward-merriam-45682_capacity_from-the-standpoint-of-modern-political_2702165.png) > [Contented saturnine human figures, a dozen or so of them, sitting around a large long table...Perfect equality is to be the rule;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/contented-saturnine-human-figures-a-dozen-or-so-of-them-sitting/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/thomas-carlyle-207_dozen_contented-saturnine-human-figures-a-doze_1878217.png) > [Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/among-the-features-peculiar-to-the-political-system-of-the-united/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/james-madison-373_advancement_among-the-features-peculiar-to-the-polit_355160.jpg) > [But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/but-historians-and-even-common-sense-may-inform-us-that-however/) [David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/david-hume-538_art_but-historians-and-even-common-sense-may_629699.jpg) > [“Freedom is essentially a condition of inequality, not equality. It recognizes as a fact of nature the structural differences inherent in man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-chodorov/freedom-is-essentially-a-condition-of-inequality-not-equality-it/) [Frank Chodorov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-chodorov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/frank-chodorov-17300_equality_freedom-is-essentially-a-condition-of-in_272286.jpg) > [“Historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/historians-and-even-common-sense-may-inform-us-that-however-specious/) [David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/david-hume-538_equality_historians-and-even-common-sense-may-inf_2598746.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect-equality/#itemlist", "name": "Perfect Equality Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-best-principles-of-our-republic-secure-to-all-its-citizens-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/thomas-jefferson-43_citizenship_the-best-principles-of-our-republic-secu_139945.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/thomas-jefferson-43_citizenship_the-best-principles-of-our-republic-secu_139945.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/thomas-jefferson-43_citizenship_the-best-principles-of-our-republic-secu_139945.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Democracy means perfect equality of opportunity, especially in education; 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Render possessions ever so equal, men's different degrees of art, care, and industry will immediately break that equality. 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It recognizes as a fact of nature the structural differences inherent in man — in temperament, character, and capacity — and it respects those differences. We are not alike and no law can make us so. Parenthetically, what a stale and uninteresting world this would be if perfect equality prevailed! When you seek the taproot of reform movements, you find an urgency to eradicate these innate differences and to make all men equal; in practice, this means the leveling-off of the more capable to the mediocrity of the average. 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But besides, that so much authority must soon degenerate into tyranny, and be exerted with great partialities; who can possibly be possessed of it, in such a situation as is here supposed? Perfect equality of possessions, destroying all subordination, weakens extremely the authority of magistracy, and must reduce all power nearly to a level, as well as property. 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