The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does — Herodotus, The Histories
Download Customize

The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, equality (isonomia), and does none of the things that a monarch does. The lot determines offices, power is held accountable, and deliberation is conducted in public.

— Herodotus, The Histories
Pin Share Tweet Telegram
Topics
equality isonomia reciprocity republicanism

More “Equality” Quotes

In a world of physical ease, brutal social equality, and reasonable economic equality, exclusiveness in frivolity become — Roger Zelazny, The Graveyard Heart
White ain't nothing.'Mama's grip did not lessen. 'It is something, Cassie. White is something just like black is somethi — Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Well, I'm not sure where this puts me, Sire. I mean, at least with the others I know what's expected. I don't have to ti — Amie O'Brien, The Merchant's Pearl
Men can go to hell! I’ll meet them there. — Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
Men are naturally unequal. They are unequal members of one family, in which one can be brilliant, another mediocre, and — Tutea Petre
Ladies, if someone touches you and you don't want them to, feel free to punch them in the fucking face! — Billie Joe Armstrong
It would seem that the right to equality and human rights is far more an exclusive thing than an inclusive thing. — Christina Engela, Black Sunrise
While EQUALITY means no more 'previously disadvantaged' it also means that there should be no 'currently disadvantaged' — Christina Engela, Dead Man's Hammer
Dominating others is not equality. — Christina Engela, Loderunner
The religious right sees every group trying to achieve equality with them as a threat, because obviously if they become — Christina Engela, All That Remains
Our way would seem quite familiar to the Romans, more by far than the Greek way. Socrates in the Symposium, when Alcibia — Edith Hamilton, The Roman Way
Those fighting to be included in the ideal of equality are not divisive.Those fighting to keep those people out - are. — Jon Stewart