“Like and equal are not the same thing at all.”
“No! Alike and equal are not the same thing at all!”
“Justice has always evoked ideas of equality, of proportion of compensation. Equity signifies equality. Rules and regulations, right and righteousness are concerned with equality in value.If all men are equal, then all men are of the same essence, and the common essence entitles them of the same fundamental rights and equal liberty... In short justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity.”
“Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and dwarf trees, a jostle of conflicting jealousies. It means, in civic terms, an equal outlet for all talents; in political terms, that all votes will carry the same weight; and in religious terms that all beliefs will enjoy equal rights.”
“Assuming that all things are equal,Who'd want to be men of the people,When there's people like you?”
“we all collide. It made him think of Newton’s third law of motion:for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It was like, whenyou collided with someone, they would not be in the same position as theyused to be. Everyone equally affected one another.”