Quote by Robert Toombs
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The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it. – Robert Toombs

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We have not sought this conflict we have sought too long to avoid it our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands. – Robert Toombs

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Give us equality of enjoyment, equal right to expansion – it is as necessary to our prosperity as yours. – Robert Toombs

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I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight. – Vladimir Kramnik

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Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps. – Patricia Ireland

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Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions. – Slobodan Milosevic

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