"In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality." ― Mary McCarthy Topic(s): Equality More From Mary McCarthy "In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons." "You musn’t force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex." "Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior." More In Equality "I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds."― Ruben Blades "Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."― Alexis de Tocqueville "I hate it when people call me a teen queen."― Lindsay Lohan