Shaun Livingston Quotes

Thank God that at least in one place, all men are equal: in the church of God. I do not consider it any degradation to kneel side by side with a Negro in the house of our Heavenly Father.

I never really am in awe of people because we are just equal at the end of the day.

All lives have an equal value.

If the spirit of equality means anything, it means like opportunity, and if we once lose like opportunity, we lose the only chance we have toward equality throughout the nation.

The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among people. No one should be too rich.

Equality is not possible. The pursuit of equality, however, people really love that. For some reason, people attach the most wonderful of motives to people who say they see all this inequality out there and need to fix it. It's just not fair. You'll hear it manifest itself in discussions about the so-called widening gap between the rich and the poor or the widening gap between men and women. It's like actually two twin beds.

The promise of equality is not the same as true equality.

But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.

I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

You know, my mother had a rule which was 'people are just people.'

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever.

The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. It's equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference.

Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of peoples lives?

Without equality there can be no democracy.

To realize democracy it is necessary to absolutely eliminate ... colour from all State and social policy, unless you would justify ... caste, wealth, rank, birth and education, as giving title to privileged treatment ...

Secure to all … citizens a perfect equality of rights

The advantages and privileges which have hitherto enjoyed by the few shall be far more widely shared by the many.

Fishing reminds us that all men are created equal before fish. They don’t jump on a President’s line any faster than anyone else’s.

That all men are equal is a proposition to which at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.

Those who desire the good of all begin by the abolition of special privilege.