Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Equality is grounded in divine will, not conditional choice.
In plain terms
Equality comes from God, not human choice.
What can you take from it?
Respect rights as inherent, not granted.

Where it applies

  • human rights debates
  • constitutional interpretation
  • ethics

Putting it to work

  • defend inherent rights
  • respect human dignity

Questions to consider

  • Where do rights originate?
  • Are rights conditional?

Another view

Divine sources for rights may not resonate universally.

More from Alan Keyes

  1. Our success or failure is not in the hands of our leaders. It is in our hands.

    Permalink to quote #11
  2. Either you can subscribe to the American creed which says that God endowed us with our rights, or you can subscribe to the abortion creed which says that those…

    Permalink to quote #13
  3. There are times we don't want to hear about the need to temper our best hopes in order to achieve our most vital security. But we still need to do it. Before w…

    Permalink to quote #10

Related quotes

  1. 'The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction.'

    Thomas Henry HuxleyThomas Henry Huxley quote #64
  2. 'If you're against same sex marriage but you laugh your ass off to Will & Grace, FUCK YOU [holds up middle finger]. You are a hypocrite [pointing], and you're …

    Margaret ChoMargaret Cho quote #1
  3. It doesn't matter who you love, it's that you love. Who cares if men marry men or women marry women? In San Francisco you don't care, and I applaud that. And I…

    Megan MullallyMegan Mullally quote #1