Equality Quote by Marquis de Lafayette

There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage…

— Paul Delaroche

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

— Phaedrus

Thou knowest how long and loyally I served the king in his worldly affairs. For that cause, it pleased him to promote me to…

— Thomas Becket

Aegistheus, the kings have another secret… Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the Gods can do nothing against that man.…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“A king who is renowned for mercy," said the Arobern, with heavy irony, "must also be renowned in equal measure for injustice.”

— Rachel Neumeier

“Don't let the title mislead you," Arlbeth told her. "The king is simply the visible one. I'm so visible, in fact, that most of…

— Robin McKinley

And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people who have a right from the frame of their nature to knowledge,…

— John Adams

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences…

— Lord Acton

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of…

— John Acton

“That king who forsakes lust, anger, bestows wealth to needy, Discriminates, is learned, active, is regarded as man of authority; Prosperity is attends on…

— Munindra Misra

The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is not most…

— Richard Henry Lee