Equal Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

In spite of what Thomas Jefferson wrote, all men may be created equal, but not to all women.

— Bill Cosby

“Jefferson is now remembered as the author of one of the English language’s most timeless passages, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that…

— Charles River Editors

When our Founding Fathers wrote the historic words 'all men are created equal,' they probably didn't have people like me in mind.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

Although the Jeffersonian Law ("All men are created equal") is the first article of the American faith, the facts of American life have demonstrated…

— Alistair Cooke

“There was no contradiction in the bold claim made by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” if…

— Michelle Alexander

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal (...). There is a tendency (...) for certain people to use this phrase out…

— Harper Lee

“The document that heralded our national revolution, the Declaration of Independence, was penned by Thomas Jefferson. Within that text, he did not cover any…

— Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Englishman is under no constitutional obligation to believe that all men are created equal. The American agony is therefore scarcely intelligible, like a…

— John Updike

“One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees and the…

— Harper Lee

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that…

— Bertrand Russell

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.

— Aldous Huxley