Equality Quotes

Nature has made men free and equal. The distinctions necessary for social order are only founded on general utility.

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.

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.

All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law.

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.

Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

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.

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.

Equality and separation cannot exist in the same space.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

It's just better to promote love and fairness and equality than it is to promote something you think is based on your religious beliefs.

Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're reminded that we're all human and all equal. It's where people can find and fight for a cause, global or local, popular or specialized, even when there are hundreds of miles between them.

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.