Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology.
Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.
We live in a world where equality is pretty important.
Looking for equality everywhere is a huge mistake because equals are terrible and boring. But a sense of fairness and justice is a totally different thing and a much more complex thing.
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.
A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal.
Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from.
Equality implies individuality.