Argument Quote by James M. Buchanan

I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about…

— Alice Paul

One needs either equality or political and economic superiority.

— Andrea Dworkin

Clearly, only very unequal intellectual and moral standing could justify having equality imposed, whether the people want it or not, as Dworkin suggests, and…

— Thomas Sowell

Equality is deemed by many a mere speculative chimera, which can never be reduced to practice. But if the abuse is inevitable, does it…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“some nations have tried to bring about more economic equality in economically harmful ways, not through opening up free markets but through brute use…

— Barry Asmus

In our democracy, near equality is no equality. Government either treats everyone the same, or it doesn't. And right now it doesn't.

— Michael Bloomberg

The reason that we are becoming less equal is because of the greater requirements, secure requirements, for a good job. This goes back to…

— Thomas Friedman

I think that Capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight, but…

— John Maynard Keynes

As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.

— Venus Williams

Equality is attainable as long as you are part of the majority.

— William James

The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are…

— Jawaharlal Nehru