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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given read more
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.
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.
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.
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.
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you read more
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
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.
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.
I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.
I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.