Quotes by Equality Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. Eric Hoffer fraternityspoiledequality Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. Erich Fromm equalitymenhistory Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power. Eric Hoffer atmosphereequalityliberty While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. Eugene V. Debs equalitydiversityclass All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with a mighty urge to become otherwise. Evan Esar creatorequalitymen All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it. Evan Esar equalitybornmen The only place where you can find equality is in the cemetery. Evan Esar cemeteryequality It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. Felix Frankfurter equalitywisemen Fairness does not require the redistribution of wealth; Felix Rohatyn equalityabledoe We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity. Ferdinand Mount equalityliteratureopportunity By sending the contradictory message that the famous are just plain folks on Mount Olympus, America has forged a relentless tension between loftiness and accessibility. Stir in the fact that the inborn talent and intelligence needed to achieve fame are immune to distributive tinkering by government programs and you have a definition of fame certain to produce envious rage: somebody screwed democracy. Florence King equalitygovernmentamerica Owning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time. Florence King equalityuniquehome I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society. Frances Fox Piven equalitystrugglebelieve Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it. Frances Wright equalitycommunityinspirational How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction; how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - just knowledge; not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers. Frances Wright equalityexercisemean Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equality can only lead us to boredom. Francis Picabia boredomequalitynature Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent type Fran Lebowitz equalitystrongmen If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. Franz Boas equalityemotionalintelligent Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. Franklin D. Roosevelt taxationequalityprinciples We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought. Franklin D. Roosevelt disabilityequalityopportunity«4567891011121314»
