Friday, June 09, 2006

Quote

There is nothing unequal as the equal treatment of unequals.

-- Aristotle.

A slightly different one, attributed to Thomas Jefferson, is as follows:

There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.

Update [27 June 2006]:In the comment section, Pitzhov alerts us that Jefferson is not the author of the above quote, and cites the Jefferson Library as the authoritative reference.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:30 AM, June 27, 2006

    http://www.monticello.org/library/reference/quotes.html

    This page is clear evidence that Jefferson did not make this statement

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  2. Abi8:49 AM, June 27, 2006

    Thank you, Pitzhov, for the link to the Jefferson Library.

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