Aleksandr SolzhenitsynHuman beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.
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Pericles was a famous statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. In his speech 'Man is born for Suffering' he sums up the ideas he wants to convey. In this speech, he explained the value of equality by saying that if everyone is equal then they are not free. If everyone is free then they are equal. He said that if people are free then they will accept the things that are better for them, but if they are equal then they will think that everything is equal and that no one person can do anything to change the state of things.
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