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In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he read more
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.
Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.
There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.
There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.
To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in read more
To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his read more
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.
They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself
They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself
The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top read more
The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative read more
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
