Inequality Quotes

No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.

You can’t have all chiefs, you’ve got to have Indians too.

There ought to be inequality of condition in the world. For without inequality, there is no class; without class, no manners and no beauty; and then people sink into public and private ugliness.

People differ in capacity, skill, health, strength; and unequal fortune is a necessary result of unequal condition. Such inequality is far from being disadvantageous either to individuals or to the community.

One half of the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.

Some men must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay.

An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.

Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equality can only lead us to boredom.

Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is the exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak.

Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men?