Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.
Quotes about egalitarian (15 Quotes)
It is simply ludicrous to single out Israel for this issue when Israel is an open, free and egalitarian society, while ignoring the very real oppression against women in countries like Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the attack on all authority, advantage, or privilege. These things are not done away with, it is needless to say, but numerous scapegoats are made of the less politically powerful, to satisfy the egalitarian rage awakened.
In our egalitarian democracy we have just about empowered a branch of the government, the FHA, to specify the size and shape of the typical American suburban master bedroom in which all Americans are thus created equal.
This is a far cry from the unabashed snobbery that characterized places like the Stork Club. If you look at the history of restaurant design, it used to be much more tied to class distinctions, ... The idea of a totally egalitarian system would have been unthinkable.
They recognized the importance of the same-sex marriage decision. We're a bit of an egalitarian state, and we don't like elites making these decisions for us ... courts don't have the legitimacy it seems to me that a popular vote would have.
You are seeing a broadening out of the market that we had not seen going from the 9,000 to 10,000 mark. This is a much more egalitarian market and that's a healthy development. It suggests a more sustainable market over time.
It brings sometimes higher prices, sometimes lower prices. It takes away that egalitarian, lowest common denominator for prices.
An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.
It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers. Egalitarian, wide open, like the Wild West!
When war, like the current conflict in Iraq, threatens the fate of humanity, it becomes especially important to say in a strong and decisive voice that peace is the only way to build a more egalitarian and unified society. The threat of violence cannot solve man's problems.
Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.
The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by the record industry, by the new rock and roll culture, and by the idea of not trusting anyone over thirty.
I think we have an optimistic view of the world. I think we're a very positive race, and I think we're very egalitarian - we give everyone a fair go.
Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.