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Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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It wouldnt be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause. – Michael Kinsley

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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. – Andrew Jackson

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