Quote #164

The doctrine of equality! : But there is no more venomous poison in existence: for it appears to be preached by justice itself, when it is actually the end of justice : 'Equality to the equal; inequality to the unequal' - that would be true justice speaking: and its corollary, 'never make the unequal equal'.

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