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"The many factors which divide us are actually much more superficial than those we share. Despite all of the things that differentiate us - race, language, religion, gender, wealth and so on - we are all equal concerning our fundamental humanity."
"All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die."
"I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man."
"It's a poor rule that won't work both ways."
"Men are born equal but they are also born different."
"It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality."
"Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently."
"If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women."
"Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal."
"The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice."
"Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart."
"In Canada, women's rights are a vital part of our effort to build a society of real equality - not just for some, but for all Canadians. A society in which women no longer encounter discrimination nor are shut out from opportunities open to others"
"That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent."
"Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness in the UK, and beyond, Labour really is the only choice."
"Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons."
"Mortals are equal; their mask differs."
"Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us."
"No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer."
"Every member of the society spies on the rest, and it is his duty to inform against them. All are slaves and equal in their slavery... The great thing about it is equality... Slaves are bound to be equal."
"An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects."
