The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.

Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.

There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.

There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he read more

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his read more

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

There has to be positive action that allows the most disadvantaged people to get their fair share of job opportunities.

There has to be positive action that allows the most disadvantaged people to get their fair share of job opportunities.

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much read more

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.