equality Quotes

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.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: 'This is my country.'

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Socialism, reduced to its simplest legal and practical expression, means the complete discarding of the institution of private property by transforming it into public property, and the division of the resultant public income equally and indiscriminately among the entire population.

If I were a woman, I'd simply refuse to speak to any man or do anything for men until I'd got the vote.

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.

World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.