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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.

by Henry Becque Found in: Equality Quotes,
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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.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Equality Quotes,
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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.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Equality Quotes,
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If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his read more

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.

by Robert F. Kennedy Found in: Equality Quotes,
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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.

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The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top read more

The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.

by Confucius Found in: Equality Quotes,
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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

by Voltaire Found in: Equality Quotes,
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In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative read more

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.

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I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.

I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.

by W. C. Fields Found in: Equality Quotes,
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