Quote by Simone Weil
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in insti

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings. – Simone Weil

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Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace. – Simone Weil

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The only way into truth is through ones own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. – Simone Weil

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I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that its the governments role to provide everything. – Rick Warren

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The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. – Charles Rangel

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All imaginable futures are not equally possible. – Kevin Kelly

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We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity, of lets-take-care-of-one-another. Thats the creative challenge. – Jerry Brown

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If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it. – Immanuel Hermass von Fichte

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The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. – Max de Pree

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Radio interoperability is essential for our police, fire, and emergency medical service departments to communicate with each other in times of emergency. – Lucille Roybal-Allard

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When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man. – Herbert Hoover

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