Equal Footing

Famous quotes containing the words equal and/or footing:

“The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality that he should have opportunity equal to that of every other human being to “show what he was meant to become.””
—Anna Garlin Spencer (1851–1931)

“As a tiger may lose its footing on soft ground, so people may be tripped up by sweet words.”
—Chinese proverb.