Equality Quotes

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The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike… — Aristotle
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they… — Aristotle
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to… — Aristotle
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously. — Bashar al-Assad
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. — Richard Bach
One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment,… — Michelle Bachelet
Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women. — Michelle Bachelet
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. — Lord Acton
The sole equality on earth is death. — Philip James Bailey
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. — Mikhail Bakunin
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. — Mikhail Bakunin
I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting… — Mikhail Bakunin
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. — Honore de Balzac
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. — 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
We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat. — Bernard Baruch
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. — Jane Addams
The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women. — Simone de Beauvoir

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