Equal Footing

Famous quotes containing the words equal and/or footing:

“The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer ... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country—men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

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