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“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.”

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Book:Politics

Source: Politics

“America's universities are filled with economically ignorant haters of the free market, so university campuses have become major forums for union denunciations of such companies as Nike, Wal-mart, and others. Faculty and students claim to be concerned about 'social justice,' but they are simply being used as dupes by unions who are not at all concerned with justice of any sort. Rather, their main concern is increasing the coffers of union treasuries by driving non-union competitors from the market.”

“The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.”

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Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.”

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Author:Lydia M. Child

“When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think.”

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Author:Patricia Schroeder

“We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.”

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Book:Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings

Source: Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings

“I ask no favors for my sex, I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks, and permit us to stand upright on the ground which God has designed us to occupy.”

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Book:Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker

Source: Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker