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Quotes About Equality

We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.
~ Barack Obama
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
~ Plato
The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.
~ Honore de Balzac
I know some in the media think conservatives don't care about the cities, but they're wrong. We believe that every American in every community has the right to pursue happiness.
~ Jeb Bush
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.
~ Samuel Johnson
We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling "I am of no value" is wrong. Absolutely wrong.
~ Dalai Lama
How can you tell somebody who is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?
~ Dan Savage
The world will be for the common people, and the sounds of Happiness will reach even the deepest springs.
~ Karl Marx
I think that the early feminism at least overlooked the fact that partnership and children can provide happiness. It isn't the only way but for very many people it is the most important way.
~ Kristina Schroder
[Louis Brandeis] believes in natural rights of speech and liberty and the right to pursue happiness.
~ Jeffrey Rosen
In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.
~ Mahavira
Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.
~ Shirley Chisholm
We will establish a new system that makes high-quality health care available to every American in a dignified manner and at a price he can afford.
~ Richard M. Nixon
If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?
~ Paul Farmer
We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
~ John Lewis
The Gesundheit Institute is a pie in the face of greed - by taking the most expensive thing in America, health care, and giving it away for free.
~ Patch Adams
All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.
~ Christopher Dodd
In the future we'll all have 15 minutes of fame and 15 minutes of healthcare.
~ Nicole Hollander
I wanna end the international embarrassment of the United States of America being the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege.
~ Bernie Sanders
Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.
~ Jack Layton
I believe health care is a basic right. If education - you're entitled to an education, why wouldn't you be entitled to adequate health care? Period.
~ Joe Biden
If Africa seeks prosperity, it must provide for the health and nutrition of all – including the poorest.
~ Bill Gates
Health care should be affordable for everyone.
~ Ed Pastor
I want to take human rights out of their box. I want to show the relevance of the universal principles of human rights to the basic needs of health, security, education and equality.
~ Mary Robinson