equality Quotes

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although mankind fail in attaining them, as indeed I have already explained. Democracy, for example, arises out of the... ...

Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can, if they like, encroach, is far greater, for the weaker are always asking for equality and... ...

The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

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

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.

A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.

The principle aim of gymnastics is the education of all youth and not simply that minority of people highly favored by nature.

If they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who labor little and receive or consume much. But indeed there is always a difficulty in men living together... ...

"In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same."

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.