Kane Quotes

I am not arguing for a utopian society; equal opportunity for all, though ideal, is unrealistic.

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.

I want nothing to do with privilege.

Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.

To realize democracy it is necessary to absolutely eliminate ... colour from all State and social policy, unless you would justify ... caste, wealth, rank, birth and education, as giving title to privileged treatment ...

To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.

However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.

We in America – and men across the earth – have trapped ourselves with that word equality, which is inapplicable to the genus man. I wish we would forget it. Stop its use in our country: Let the communists have it. It isn’t fit for men who fling their dreams across the skies. It is fit only for a leveling down of mankind.

But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here.

Nobody really believes in equality anyway.

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

I remember hearing in first grade, 'Oh, why does she get to skip school?' It wasn't like I suddenly started feeling different. I always knew that I was. I never felt I missed out.

I don't think we live in a particularly equal society.

It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?

Everyone knows that life isn't fair. Saying it's not fair suggests that you think life is supposed to be fair, which makes you look immature and naive.

Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.

I never came into life with any favours or privileges.

There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.

We don't live in a society that has genuine equality, and every woman we know has experienced that.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.

This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talent pool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and paper degrees. It's time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers.

I believe that everyone should be treated as an individual. Women should be treated equally in the right to vote, sure. But if I'm paying to see a comedy, then I just want to see who's funniest, with everyone treated equally.