Equal Quotes

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The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal — Friedrich August von Hayek
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among… — Thomas Jefferson
An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental. — Thomas Jefferson
The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens. — Thomas Jefferson
The principles on which we engaged, of which the charter of our independence is the record, were sanctioned by the laws of our being, and… — Thomas Jefferson
The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government. — Thomas Jefferson
But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I… — George Washington
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The… — John Marshall
Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite… — James Madison
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sectEqual… — James Madison
In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less. — Carrie Chapman Catt
There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman. — Carrie Chapman Catt
Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons… — B.F. Skinner
Law may prescribe that the male nipples be made equal to the female ones, but they still will not give milk. — Allan Bloom
To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt… — John Stuart Mill
The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process.… — Burke Marshall
The most interesting acquaintanceship I have struck up here is that of Colonel Lapinski. He is without doubt the cleverest Pole -- besides being an… — Karl Marx
Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second… — Thucydides
Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal; where every man… — John F. Kennedy
Death's a fierce meadowlark: but to die having made / Something more equal to the centuries / Than muscle and bone, is mostly to shed… — Robinson Jeffers

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