Liberty and equality are in essence contradictory. Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Liberty or Equality (1952)
The proletarian revolution calls for a prolonged education of the workers in the spirit of the fullest equality and brotherhood. Vladimir Lenin
The bestowing upon men equality of rights, is but giving license to the strong to oppress the weak. It begets the grossest inequalities of condition. George Fitzhugh Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854)
Where equality is undisputed, so also is subordination. George Bernard Shaw Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
The great need in the world today is for for nations to so define their national interest that it makes for greater harmony, greater equality and justice and greater stability in the world. Indira Gandhi
How shall I describe Youth, the time of contradictions and anomalies? The fiercest radicalisms, the most dogged conservatisms, irrepressible gayety, bitter melancholy,—all these moods are equally part of that showery spring-time of life. Randolph Bourne Youth (1912)
In any democracy, there is always a tug-of-war between policies to achieve equality and policies to promote excellence. I am certain that Canada can achieve both equality and excellence. John Turner
We believe that the idea of equality is the only enduring principle by which mankind may be guided in the conduct of national and international affairs. Michael Manley
I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now. John Lewis
If a party is unable to uphold a basic principle such as equality between children, regardless of their parents' sexual orientation, then it is no longer a party with which one can identify. Michela Marzano
Future nationalisations will be more concerned with equality than with planning, and this means that we can leave the monolithic public corporation behind us and look for more intimate forms of ownership and control. Roy Jenkins
I am confident that, thanks to joint efforts, friendly relations between Turkmenistan and the United Kingdom, based on the principles of mutual understanding, equality and trust, will continue to develop for the happy future for both peoples. Serdar Berdimuhamedow Serdar Berdimuhamedow (2022)
[T]he modern world fails to square liberty with equality. Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011)
But I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks, and permit us to stand upright … Angelina Grimké
Every man of the commonalty (excepting infants, insane persons, and criminals) is, of common right, and by the laws of God, a freeman, and entitled to the free enjoyment of liberty. ...liberty or freedom consists in having an actual share in the appointment of those who are to frame the laws and who are to be the guardians of every man's life, property, and peace. For the all of one man is as dear to him as the all of another; and the poor man has an equal right, but more need to have representatives in the Legislature than the rich one. ...they who have no voice or vote in the electing of representatives, do not enjoy liberty, but are absolutely enslaved to those who have votes and their representatives; for to be enslaved is to have governors whom other men have set over us, and to be subject to laws made by the representatives of others, without having had representatives of our own to give consent in our behalf. Benjamin Franklin Attributed