Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever tu

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. – Honore de Balzac

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In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption. – Raoul Vaneigem

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The March on Washington affirmed our values as a people: equality and opportunity for all. Forty-one years ago, during a time of segregation, these were an ideal. – Leonard Boswell

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His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall. – James M. Barrie

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