A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both. - Milton Friedman
All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it. - Evan Esar
All men are equal: it is not birth, but virtue alone, that makes the difference. - Voltaire
Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges. - H. L. Mencken
Equality begins in the grave. - American Proverb
Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who’s confronted with it. We need equality. - Joss Whedon
Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently. - Tom Robbins
Equality lies only in human moral dignity... Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers. - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery. - James Fenimore Cooper
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbour’s rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. - Carl Shurz
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
If all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized. - Thomas Hobbes
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. - John James Ingalls
It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has made nothing equal; her sovereign law is subordination and dependence. - Luc de Clapiers
Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal. - James Anthony Froude
Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies. - Will Durant
No one enjoys being equal. - David Mamet
Nothing is so unequal as equality. - Pliny The Elder
Only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom; and in the end superior ability has its way. Utopias of equality are biologically doomed, and the best that the amiable philosopher can hope for is an approximate equality of legal justice and educational opportunity. - Will Durant
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add within the limits of the law because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. - Thomas Jefferson
So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other. - Samuel Johnson
The first great political truth to be impressed on the minds of our youth is, that they are born free, and that no acts of legislation should deprive them of perfect equality in rights. This principle will constantly stimulate those of humble birth to compete with favourites of fortune, and teach them that without personal merit, no one can have just claims to honourable distinction. - Isaac S. Smith
The only place where you can find equality is in the cemetery. - Evan Esar
The true meaning of the word "Equality" is – "No one better off than I am." - Eliza Cook
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. - Aristotle
We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their colour. - Maya Angelou
We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained. - Derrick A. Bell
Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow. - Elizabeth Gaskell
All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it. - Evan Esar
All men are equal: it is not birth, but virtue alone, that makes the difference. - Voltaire
Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges. - H. L. Mencken
Equality begins in the grave. - American Proverb
Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who’s confronted with it. We need equality. - Joss Whedon
Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently. - Tom Robbins
Equality lies only in human moral dignity... Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers. - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery. - James Fenimore Cooper
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbour’s rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. - Carl Shurz
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
If all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized. - Thomas Hobbes
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. - John James Ingalls
It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has made nothing equal; her sovereign law is subordination and dependence. - Luc de Clapiers
Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal. - James Anthony Froude
Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies. - Will Durant
No one enjoys being equal. - David Mamet
Nothing is so unequal as equality. - Pliny The Elder
Only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom; and in the end superior ability has its way. Utopias of equality are biologically doomed, and the best that the amiable philosopher can hope for is an approximate equality of legal justice and educational opportunity. - Will Durant
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add within the limits of the law because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. - Thomas Jefferson
So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other. - Samuel Johnson
The first great political truth to be impressed on the minds of our youth is, that they are born free, and that no acts of legislation should deprive them of perfect equality in rights. This principle will constantly stimulate those of humble birth to compete with favourites of fortune, and teach them that without personal merit, no one can have just claims to honourable distinction. - Isaac S. Smith
The only place where you can find equality is in the cemetery. - Evan Esar
The true meaning of the word "Equality" is – "No one better off than I am." - Eliza Cook
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. - Aristotle
We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their colour. - Maya Angelou
We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained. - Derrick A. Bell
Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow. - Elizabeth Gaskell
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