Unequal Quotes

123 quotes by 112 authors

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within… — Marcus Aurelius
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. — Winston Churchill
When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world… — William J. Clinton
What is a socialist? One who has yearnings To share equal profits from unequal earnings. — William Inge
The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in an unequal relationship. — Simone Weil
Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white-separate and unequal. — Otto Kerner, Jr.
The solitude lends much appeal, because a sea without a harbour surrounds it. Even a modest boat can find few anchorage, and nobody can go… — Tacitus
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. — Ambrose Bierce
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
Our wish is that...[there be] maintained that state of property, equal or unequal, which results to every man from his own industry or that of… — Thomas Jefferson
The cause of rain is now, I consider, no longer an object of doubt. If two masses of air of unequal temperatures, by the ordinary… — John Dalton
From the standpoint of modern political science the slave holders were right in declaring that liberty can be given only to those who have political… — Charles Edward Merriam
In sum, the truth is that we luxuriate in the comfortable assertion that women enjoy equality. We have salved our consciences by eliminating the more… — Bob Hawke
For what war should we not be fit and eager, even though unequal in numbers, we who are so willing to be slaughtered-if, according to… — Tertullian
All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend. — Mark McCormack
To be sure, the use of force by one party in a market transaction in order to improve his price was no invention of capitalism.… — Immanuel Wallerstein
A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species. — James Madison
[T]he most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without… — James Madison
From the the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property, the possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately results. — James Madison

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