15 quotes
“The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people.”
"Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing."
— Barack Obama
"We must raise both the ceiling and the floor."
— Sheryl Sandberg
"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all."
— Nelson Mandela
"Equality and separation cannot exist in the same space."
— Jason Mraz
"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."
— Harper Lee
"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
— George Orwell
"Equality today means "sameness" rather than "oneness"."
— Erich Fromm
"Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle."
— Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
"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
"If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality."
— Malcolm X
"The cry of equality pulls everyone down."
— Iris Murdoch
"Any day stands equal to the rest."
— Heraclitus
"That all men are equal is a proposition which at ordinary times no sane individual has ever given his assent."
— Aldous Huxley