Equal Quotes - Page 9

. . . the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony and man - all belong to the same family. . . . The White Man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers.

We can never have too much preparation and training. We must be a strong competitor. We must adhere staunchly to the basic principle that anything less than full equality is not enough. If we compromise on that principle our soul is dead.

Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.

The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments, the scorn and derision of those who have no patience with general principles.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.

No man has ever been born a Negro hater, a Jew hater, or any other kind of hater. Nature refuses to be involved in such suicidal practices.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

Socialism values equality more than liberty.

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

Thought Of equality- as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself- as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same.

Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.

Reason shows me that if my happiness is desirable and good, the equal happiness of any other person must be equally desirable.

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

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.

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.

When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

Do not always assume the other fellow has intelligence equal to yours. He may have more.

Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.