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Equal Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of individuals will always seek to…
- Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.... The subjection of individuals will increase amongst…
- However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him…
- Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust.
- Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power.
- Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
- Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.
- As I see it, only God can be all-powerful without danger, because his wisdom and justice are always equal to his power. Thus there is…
More Equal Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. — Jane Austen
- I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to… — David Bailey
- From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses… — Mikhail Bakunin
- True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white… — Honore de Balzac
- The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal… — Honore de Balzac
- His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall. — James M. Barrie