equality Quotes

Justice is Equality...but equality of what?

That the equalization of property exercises an influence on political society was clearly understood even by some of the old legislators. Laws were made by Solon and others prohibiting an individual from possessing as much land as he pleased.

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

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely, others that if they are unequal in any respect they should be... ...

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.

Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.

"Demagoguery enters at the moment when, for want of a common denominator, the principle of equality degenerates into the principle of identity."

"It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal."

"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."