All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free

The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors.

The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors.

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in read more

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Men are born equal but they are also born different.

Men are born equal but they are also born different.

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.