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.

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.

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.

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.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

Men are born equal but they are also born different.

Men are born equal but they are also born different.

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.

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.