#iv

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#ago #brought #conceived #continent #created

A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#forgiveness #forgiveness-chance-love-equality #forgiving #forgiving-others #forgiving-yourself

Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to protect us from vanity, greed and envy, which are just forms of selfishness. If we have little, and want for little, and we are all equal, we envy no one. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#dystopian #veronica-roth #equality

I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#humour #misanthropy #perspective #equality

Even having to do the amount of press that I have to do is dreadful and gives me so much anxiety. After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love,' now I'll have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#after #amount #anxiety #big #done

Universal suffrage is the only guarantee against despotism. ↗

— May Wright Sewall

#despotism #guarantee #only #suffrage #universal

You have to remember, rights don't come in groups we shouldn't have 'gay rights'; rights come as individuals, and we wouldn't have this major debate going on. It would be behavior that would count, not what person belongs to what group. ↗

— Ron Paul

#civil-rights #equal-rights #freedom #gay-rights #liberty

I also had to come tonight to apologize. If you need to go to Mexico to finish this process off, then I understand. I was wrong to criticize you for it or even imply that I had some kind of say in it. One of the greatest things about you is that in the end, you always make smart decisions. Can’t always say the same for myself. Whatever you need to do, I’ll support you. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#agency #equals #free-will #heroes-done-right #respect

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. ↗

— Malcolm X

#equality #freedom #give #justice #man

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#privilege #rights #equality