Quotes About Equality

He is not my equal in many respects, but in his right to enjoy 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,' in his right to put into his mouth the bread that his hands have earned, he is my equal...

We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.

Chúng ta không nên k?t án ng??i khác ?? chính mình không b? k?t án.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.

if what i feel were equally distributed to the whole human family there would not be one cheerful face on earth

Advancement—improvement in condition—is the order of things in a society of equals.

I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty. And I intend no modification to my oft expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free. (The Prayer of Twenty Millions 1862)

The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty... We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. --April 18, 1864 Address at Baltimore

To secure to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.

Enquanto não se puser fim à funesta ideia da desigualdade das raças e da seleção entre diferentes espécies humanas, a luta dos povos de origem africana por aquilo que poderíamos chamar de "igualdade das partes" — e, portanto, dos direitos e das responsabilidades —, continuará a ser uma luta legítima.

once awakened, a sense of justice is something not easily contained. It often crosses the boundaries of race, class, and gender.

There was nothing inherently wrong with colonialism, he felt, if its administration was fair and just. He

A sense of rights can be contagious

As 1917 wore on, antiwar rallies drew larger crowds. Charlotte Despard and several other women formed a new organization, the Women's Peace Crusade. "I should like the words 'alien' and 'foreigner' to be banished from the language," she said in one speech. "We are all members of the same family.

At Christabel's instigation, women infiltrated all-male meetings of the ruling Liberal Party: they hid underneath the speakers' platform, rappelled down from skylights, climbed through windows, always shouting "Votes for women!

I'm part fairy,' said John. There was a quiet pause, and he eyed the man. 'Is that a problem?' 'No, sir. The United States military is very accepting of that sort of thing nowadays.

When you have only ever experienced privilege, equality feels like oppression.

When all you've ever known is privilege, equality feels like oppression.

none of the ways in which we talk about race today stands up to the scrutiny that genetics has enabled. Families are too untidy, human history is too convoluted, people too motile. The deck has been shuffled and reshuffled. Genetics has shown that people are different, and these differences cluster according to geography and culture, but never in a way that aligns with the traditional concepts of human races.

Alas, we are no more or less evolved than any creature. Uniqueness is terribly overrated.

Race is a social construct. This does not mean that it is invalid or unimportant.

The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it.

In ease of body and peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon the same level, and the beggar who suns himself by the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.