Equal Quotes

• The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war.

  

  William H. Seward
  • War
  • Slave
  • Resolve

• All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Men
  • Law
  • Literature

• For every action there’s a reaction. And also, for every action there’s an equal and opposite criticism.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • Action
  • Criticism
  • Opposites

• I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black, if I had equal possession and enjoyment of privileges, but I shall never be reconciled living among them subservient to their will.

  

  Martin Delany
  • Men
  • Live
  • Black

• In the United States 'First' and 'Second' class can't be painted on railroad cars, for all passengers, being Americans, are equal and it would be 'unAmerican.' But paint 'Pullman' on a car and everyone is satisfied.

  

  Owen Wister
  • Car
  • Firsts
  • Class

• I treat everybody equal, and so I want to be sure that my listeners and my followers do the same if they're gonna represent me. And if I'm gonna represent them, then I also want to do it in a good way.

  

  ASAP Rocky
  • Good
  • Treat
  • Followers

• All films are born free and equal.

  

  Andre Bazin
  • Free
  • Film
  • Born

• Being the best was as equal to being in the middle, which was equal to being the worst. All were merely a state of being. It was how a person felt in that state and why they were in that state that was the important thing.

  

  Cecelia Ahern
  • Worst
  • Equal
  • Middle

• Just remember that if you're not working at your game to the utmost of your ability, there will be someone out there somewhere with equal ability who is. And one day you'll play each other, and he'll have the advantage.

  

  Ed Macauley
  • Remember
  • Play
  • Games

• It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now

  

  William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Ugly
  • Rich
  • Poor

• You can never have 'equality' between two things that are not equal by definition. And so, for example, you can have equality among 'people', but not between 'men' and 'women'.

  

  Anthony Browne
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• Phyllis Schlafly speaks for all American women who oppose equal rights for themselves.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Women
  • American
  • Speak

• Technology is an inherent democratizer. Because of the evolution of hardware and software, you’re able to scale up almost anything. It means that in our lifetime everyone may have tools of equal power.

  

  Sergey Brin
  • Technology
  • Mean
  • Able

• To be free is to be equal, but to be equal is not to be free.

  

  Marco Mendoza Black Star Riders
  • Equal

• There simply is nothing else like it. And, as a test of physical and mental endurance it has no equal. Other sports may be as intense, as pressurized, as hard for short periods: But the Tour does on day after day after day. It's the only race in the world where you have to get a haircut halfway through.

  

  Chris Boardman
  • World
  • Sports
  • Intense

• There is nothing unequal as the equal treatment of unequals.

  

  Aristotle
  • Equal
  • Treatment
  • Unequal

• Psychology plays a big part but I always say psychology will only be a differentiator when the players are of equal technical strength.

  

  Viswanathan Anand
  • Player
  • Psychology
  • Equal

• I want to be crystal clear that everyone has an equal stake in our society and in the future of our country. That is what I believe, and it is what I have always believed.

  

  Andrea Leadsom
  • Country
  • Equal
  • Stake

• Many bands that I like that have longevity on their side with consistent members are even splits. It makes a big difference to have the other two guys involved every step of the way. It keeps the thing moving. Everyone is taken with equal degree of seriousness. It's not just because it's a four-way partnership. It also relates to taking things maturely and taking other people's thoughts into consideration.

  

  Alex Chilton Big Star
  • Difference
  • Bands
  • Consistent

• If you believe that all men are created equal, then a child's death in some other country is no less tragic than in the United States.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Believe
  • Men
  • Child`s death

• Each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others.

  

  David Boaz
  • Person
  • Respects
  • Chooses

• Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • World
  • Work
  • Done

• I find it embarrassing when people compare me to Maradona. How can they? There is only one Maradona. People who say this just have no idea, they don't know what they are talking about. Diego was a complete one-off who will never have an equal on the football pitch. No-one, I repeat no-one, could have transformed teams like he did. Maradona was the world's greatest-ever player while I'm just an apprentice.

  

  Sergio Aguero
  • People
  • World
  • Team

• If you ask me, the place that a story happens is as equal character. It's almost like an ecological viewpoint: These people are living in this piece of land, and in this piece of land in this time this is possible. For me, I almost think location first. It's time first - what year is it - then where are we, and then who is in it.

  

  Mike Mills
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Character

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