"In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality." ― Mary McCarthy Topic(s): Equality More From Mary McCarthy "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." "In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons." More In Equality "I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they should always wear hats or color their hair in church – things like that – I think they are signs of the times and should not apply to modern-day life."― Jimmy Carter "We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and regulations. The rewards of success will be expropriated for the sake of attaining greater income equality."― Arthur C. Brooks "Private religious speech can’t be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech."― Samuel Beckett