Edmund Burke Quotes

Turtle makes all men equal.

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.

Equality, equality, equality. I'm all about equality, that's the main thing and the only thing I'm about.

Equality is what does not exist among mortals.

The principle of equality does not destroy the imagination, but lowers its flight to the level of the earth.

The thirst for equality can express itself either as a desire to draw everyone down to one's level, or to raise oneself and everyone else up.

If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone.

Middle America believes in fair play, an equal opportunity to succeed or to fail.

You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also.

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.

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

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.

We seek ... not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and as a result.

Our goal is a classless society.

We are a nation without classes or special privileges.

Equal opportunity for all, special privilege for none.

We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.

We [Chicago] are known as the city that works. You gotta make sure it works for everybody and not just a few.

I have always been for absolute equality of privileges and obligations.

The true meaning of the word ‘Equality’ is—“No one better off than I am."

I really believe in being egalitarian.

The way the Democrats go about seeking equality is to lower people at the top.

At its core, a fair and just society is one where opportunity is open to all - not just those at the top.