Equality
The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.
Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.
Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.
Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does.
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Equality Quotations
The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
Mahatma Gandhi
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
Aristotle
All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.
Bob Dylan
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Plato
All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.
David Allan Coe
Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.
Khalil Gibran
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
Plato
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
Barack Obama
With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.
Barack Obama
Equality Translations
equality in Afrikaans is gelykheid
equality in Dutch is gelijkheid, pariteit
equality in German is Gleichheit
equality in Italian is uquaglianza
equality in Norwegian is likestilling, likhet
equality in Portuguese is igualdade
equality in Spanish is igualdad, paridad
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