Eric Hoffer Quotes

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

I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that's the way I was raised and that's the way I live my life.

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.

We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

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.

No neighborhood is more important than another, no child is less deserving than his neighbor.

Envy is the basis of democracy.

In our insistence upon equality of opportunity has our system advanced beyond all the world.

We are a nation without classes or special privileges.

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

Equality is equity.

I really believe in being egalitarian.

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

Everybody has his place; everybody is equal. Treated equally, equal standing, equal rights and status.

We want equality for everyone and justice when it's time for that.

If we're going to have the view that we're going to protect everyone in this society equally, we have to mean it.

We've got to be able to get to a point where we represent everybody equally.

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.

Everybody's equal. Everybody should deserve the same opportunity, the same challenge, the same whatever.

I get treated like everyone else, and that's the way it should be.

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

When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it or quit saying it .

I thought equality was non-negotiable.