Equality Quotes

"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another."

"I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal."

"In fair weather prepare for foul."

"Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level."

"'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

"The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted."

"A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate."

"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."

"No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office."

"'WASP' is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group but who are in the lower social strata, so it's inexplicably tied up with social standing and culture and history in a way that the other hyphenations just are not."

"I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot."

"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions."

"Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route."

"When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity."

"The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world."

"Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting."

"Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government."

"I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level."

"The problem is that when government controls the economy, those who can influence government keep winning, and everybody else just stays the same."