Quotes about Equality
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.
by John James Ingalls (Politician, American , born in 1833) keywords: dead, democracy, equal, grave, last, men, neither, nor, prerogative, rank, republic , station The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
by Andrew Jackson (President, American , born in 1767) keywords: contrived, equality, man, never, operate, perfect, system, taxation, wisdom, would , yet 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 Kennedy (Politician, American , born in 1925) keywords: any, change, city, claim, claims, color, content, go, him, his, large, live, man, negro, only, right, say, section, should, skin, such, then, willingly , would I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Leader, American , born in 1929) keywords: character, children, color, content, day, dream, four, judged, little, live, nation, skin, their, where , will I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.
by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Leader, American , born in 1929) keywords: able, brotherhood, day, dream, former, georgia, hills, owners, red, sit, slave, slaves, sons, table, together , will The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Leader, American , born in 1929) keywords: autumn, discontent, equality, freedom, invigorating, legitimate, negro, pass, summer, until , will Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
by Abraham Lincoln (President, American , born in 1809) keywords: ago, brought, conceived, continent, created, dedicated, equal, fathers, forth, liberty, men, nation, new, our, proposition, seven , years I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
by Barack Obama (President, American , born in 1961) keywords: actions, around, best, country, equality, intentions, itself, keep, know, liberty, lived, made, mistakes, our, perfected, promise, share, struggled, times, up , world 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.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) keywords: admit, america, applies, doctrine, does, downwards, equal, everybody, inferiors, jefferson, men, only, onward, opinion, since, social, superiors, time , upwards From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
by Carl Schurz (Revolutionary, German , born in 1829) keywords: blow, cannot, dangerous, equality, highest, identity, interests, neighbor, our, own, rights, springs, striking, subvert, without , your 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.
by Marlo Thomas (Actor, American , born in 1937) keywords: equality, equally, just, man, things, treat, treated, way , yourself There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.
by Woodrow Wilson (President, American , born in 1856) keywords: alter, cannot, children, consequences, control, cope, equality, great, industrial, lives, men, opportunity, processes, shielded, singly, social, their, which , women
