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The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.

But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.

The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.

If you want my opinion, I say that this is a state based on occupation, that has usurped the rights of others.

We are starting in the days where there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle: that we are all citizens, and equal citizens, of one State.

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.