Quotes about Equality

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Yet it is tough knowing that the only time souls will ever be equal is when we die and meet the Lord.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley.

I don't like following the rules - the patriarchal rules.

Your Highest Self only wants you to be at peace. It does not judge, compare, or demand that you defeat anyone or be better than anyone.

As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of this, but if we start talking about the success-likability penalty women face, then we can do something about it.