“Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.” IfsGivingOpportunityPoliticsPowerDemocracyLimitsEqualReasonableEqual Opportunity Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savor of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach.” IfsMenDoeHas BeensWisdomAbleHopeWishAbilityKnowledgeKnowingPathWiseStrengthDesignOughtHigherLimitsEqualMarkAimExcellenceEqualityAidsSupremeCleverHeightGreat MenBowsBeatenArrowsArcher Book:The Prince Source: The Prince
“The law is equal before all of us; but we are not all equal before the law. Virtually there is one law for the rich and another for the poor, one law for the cunning and another for the simple, one law for the forceful and another for the feeble, one law for the ignorant and another for the learned, one law for the brave and another for the timid, and within family limits one law for the parent and no law at all for the child.” ChildrenLawParentSimplePoorRichLimitsEqualBraveIgnorantCunning Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Until the sky is the limit [for women], as it is for men, men as well as women will suffer, because all society is affected when half of it is denied equal opportunity for full development.” MenWellsSufferingOpportunityHalfSkyDevelopmentLimitsEqualAffectedDeniedEqual OpportunitySky Is The Limit Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.” WisdomActionLawIndividualLibertyRightsLimitsEqualAddLibertarianTyrantsEqual RightsFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyLimited GovernmentBig GovernmentIndividual LibertyIndividual RightsInalienable RightsUs ConstitutionEternal VigilanceLimiting FreedomLiberty And EqualityLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of HappinessPlenitudeAmerican LawLaws And Government Book:Jefferson: Political Writings Source: Jefferson: Political Writings
“What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to limit access to contraception and legal abortion, they are relegating women to another century, a time when men ruled exclusively and women were considered property and had to be guided by a firm masculine hand.” MenHandsPayViolenceCenturyPolicyLimitsEqualUniversalPropertyAccessFirmAbortionVotingHealthcareMasculineOpposingContraceptionEqual Pay Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law. That makes me a liberal, and I’m proud of it.” BelieveLawPoliticalI BelieveWealthLibertyPovertyDemocracyProudLimitsEqualInstitutionsExtremesI Believe InRule Of LawCivil LibertiesWealth And Poverty Author:Paul Krugman