If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
J. K. Rowling

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.
Bertrand Russell

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
Aristotle

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
Miguel De Cervantes

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Plato

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.
Alexis de Tocqueville

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.
William Hazlitt

Vietnamese must be made to feel that they are racial inferiors with no right to national identity.
Wilfred Burchett

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
Irving Layton