Harold Evans Quotes

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions — it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed — Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

I hope that liberty and equality and opportunity lie within your heart because the hopes of millions of Americans depend on it.

Political power is now widely diffused; and whatever may be the evils of democracy, this good has come of it, that it has forced men to open their eyes to the misery of the masses, and to inquire more zealously as to the possibility of a better distribution of wealth.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

Freedom and Justice are twin sisters.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.

We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither.

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States (Republican, IL)One man's rights should not be sacrificed for another's prejudices. ...

Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

The people of England are not, like the people of France, lovers of naked political equality. England is a great lover of liberty; but of equality she never has been so much enamored.

We need to maintain law and order. We need to maintain peace in the world. We need to protect the environment. We need to have some degree of social justice, equality of opportunity. The markets are not designed to take care of those needs. That's a political process.

… an America as good as its promise.

Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions.

Here everyone is his own master. Civil liberty places all inhabitants on an equal footing. The humble cannot be oppressed by the mighty, nor the poor by the rich.

In America, our origins matter less than our destinations and that is what democracy is all about.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

I think we have enough trouble finding community in this country, and sport does provide that. It is a mediocrisy, the greatest mediocrisy. If you're the best, it shows in sports. Nobody can say, 'Well, he's only there because of his connections,' or whatever. In that sense, I suppose it upholds democracy and the best in us.

It's well proven that if you have equality in society, society flourishes, and if you have inequality, it doesn't. So it's good for everybody.

Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty!