Eminence Quote by Samuel Johnson

The more equality there is established among men, the more virtue and happiness will reign in society.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

The idea of equality is a by-product of the sentiment of envy. Since it must always prove beyond human ower to raise the inferior…

— Rafael Sabatini

The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.

— Charles Spurgeon

“The eye of true equality often seems to have some degree of disrespect for the supposedly accomplished, privileged high and lofty to the supposedly…

— Criss Jami

When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be [those] who envy and oppose, if it come not first…

— John Milton

You will live to see men arise in power in the Church who will seek to put down your friends and the friends of…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are…

— Thomas Paine

“Equality is a lie,” Bane told her. “A myth to appease the masses. Simply look around and you will see the lie for what…

— Drew Karpyshyn

The thirst for equality can express itself either as a desire to draw everyone down to one's level, or to raise oneself and everyone…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

I'm just a man of the people, not above but equal. And for the greater good I walk amongst the evil.

— J Cole

When one of a culture's guiding credos is that "all men are created equal," any person who, say, becomes an expert on, say, nuclear…

— Sarah Vowell