Famous quotes containing the words equal and/or numbers:
“The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself: That is not what I meant by freedomit is only social progress.”
—Helene Deutsch (18841982)
“I had but three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship; three for society. When visitors came in larger and unexpected numbers there was but the third chair for them all, but they generally economized the room by standing up.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)