As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance. – Mason Cooley
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. – Samuel Johnson
In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. – Harry A. Blackmun
No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions – it only guarantees equality of opportunity. – Irving Kristol
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. – Franz Boas
The cry of equality pulls everyone down. – Iris Murdoch
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently. – Tom Robbins
Virtue can only flourish among equals. – Mary Wollstonecraft
Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other. – Mary Douglas
All imaginable futures are not equally possible. – Kevin Kelly
Nobody really believes in equality anyway. – Warren Farrell
I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. – Agnes Macphail
All men are born equally free. – Salmon P. Chase
I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership. – Patricia Ireland
Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps. – Patricia Ireland
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. – Lionel Trilling
We are a model country where gender equality is concerned. – Tarja Halonen
Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition. – Mercy Otis Warren
