Equal Quotes

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All sectarian religions take for granted that all men are equal. This is not warranted by science. There is more difference between minds than between… — Swami Vivekananda
The 31th of May, I perceived in the same water more of those Animals, as also some that were somewhat bigger. And I imagine, that… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
A work of morality, politics, criticism will be more elegant, other things being equal, if it is shaped by the hand of geometry. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the… — George Washington
Modern Man is the victim of the very instruments he values most. Every gain in power, every mastery of natural forces, every scientific addition to… — Lewis Mumford
It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all hands to be the result… — James Madison
Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand:… — George Washington
[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . . — Alexander Hamilton
There is perhaps, nothing more likely to disturb the tranquillity of nations, than their being bound to mutual contributions for any common object that does… — Alexander Hamilton
In America, no other distinction between man and man had ever been known but that of persons in office exercising powers by authority of the… — Thomas Jefferson
I expect we shall be told, that the Militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at all times equal to the… — Alexander Hamilton
A translation can never equal the original; it can approach it, and its quality can only be judged as to accuracy by how close it… — Gregory Rabassa
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. — Baltasar Gracian
The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils. — Pliny the Elder
Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people cant. But I… — Jimmy Carter
Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof - that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation-guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts… — Aldous Huxley
Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius All truth is safe and nothing else is safe, but he… — James Russell Lowell
After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of its… — Primo Levi
I am above eighty years old; it is about time for me to be going. I have been forty years a slave and forty years… — Sojourner Truth
The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and… — Benjamin Franklin

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