No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, patience toward fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a rejoicing that you do not have to decide a darned thing until next week. And it is discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
Four score 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.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
To a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war.
Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles and shames our wickedness. It is discipline in the equality of men--for all men are equal before fish.
If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.
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