Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights... With an equality of civil rights, all men are equal before the law; all classes of the community being liable equally to taxation, military service, jury duties, and to the other impositions attendant on civilization, and no one being exempted from its control, except on general rules, which are dependent on the good of all, instead of the exemption's belonging to the immunities of individuals, estates, or families. An equality of civil rights may be briefly defined to be an absence of privileges.


On Equality - The American Democrat (1838)

James Fenimore Cooper Quotes

Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights... With an equality of civil rights, all men are equal before...

Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights... With an equality of civil rights, all men are equal before...

Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights... With an equality of civil rights, all men are equal before...

Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights... With an equality of civil rights, all men are equal before...