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    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.

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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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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.

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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

by Theodore Roosevelt Found in: Equality Quotes,
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All the people like us are we, And everyone else is They.

All the people like us are we, And everyone else is They.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Equality Quotes,
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Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

by Thomas Huxley Found in: Equality Quotes,
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More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

by Kofi Annan Found in: Equality Quotes,
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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.

by William Faulkner 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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It was a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

It was a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

by Felix Frankfurter Found in: Equality Quotes,
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