Mikhail Bakunin Quotes

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

The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.

Turtle makes all men equal.

Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?

real freedom is not a matter of the shifting of advantage from one sex to the other or from one class to another. Real freedom means the disappearance of advantage, and primarily of economic advantage.

A state of equality is perhaps less elevated, but it is more just; and its justice constitutes its greatness and beauty.

We understand the concept of equality, that we all want to be equal. But I think this is absolutely not true. I don't think anybody really wants to be equal. Everybody wants to be more equal.

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

Social justice is group psychology, it's group rights, it's collectivisim, and it's a negation of individual responsibility, which is what the Bible teaches. Individual responsibility. And of course, social justice leads very quickly to socialism, and ultimately to communism.

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.

I have dedicated my political career to bringing fairness to America's economic system and to our work force, regardless of what people look like or where they may worship.

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.

If the goal is truly about equality, it has to be about a goal of saying everybody should end up in the same place.  And since we didn’t start in the same place.  Some folks might need more equitable distribution. 

Liberals don't ask 'Does it work?' They ask 'Does it equalize?'

We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

Equity is the only acceptable goal

Gay people do not fight for freedom to live in a lavender bubble, but in a more just society.

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

I tasted the bread and wine of equality.

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.

There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.

Justice has always evoked ideas of Equality, of proportion of compensation. In short, Justice is another name of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.

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

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.