Quotes about Equality
We must recognize that we can't solve our problems now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power.... a radical restructuring of the architecture of American society.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.
— James Madison
Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
— Margaret Mead
A society will be judged by how it treats its weakest members
— Harry S. Truman
Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay.
— Albert Einstein
Our society and especially those who suffer injustice need to feel the impact of our commitment to justice and our advocacy for the vulnerable.
— Carolyn Custis James
A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
— Pope John Paul II
There is a vital lesson to be learned here, a Truth our society must not lose sight of, and that is the sanctity of every human life and the dignity of every individual.
— Frank Peretti
The black man in America is the same as the Jews were in bondage under Pharaoh. We are strangers in a land that is not ours. We are rejected by this type of modern Pharaoh or pharohnic society.
— Malcolm X
The information society should serve all of its citizens, not only the technically sophisticated and economically privileged.
— Bill Gates
The form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest number of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best.
— John Adams
If "Thou shalt not covet," and "Thou shalt not steal," were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free.
— John Adams