equality before the law

Noun

Meaning

the right to equal protection of the laws

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Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges. H. L. Mencken

The arbitrary separation of citizens on the basis of race while they are on a public highway is a badge of servitude wholly inconsistent with the civil freedom and the equality before the law established by the Constitution. It cannot be justified upon any legal grounds. John Marshall Harlan

Equality before the law of all men, no matter where they born, or from what race they sprung, is the sentiment of the people. Henry Wilson

The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule. James Bovard

Equality before the law is ever a cardinal principle of the Gambian justice: protection of fundamental human rights and the National Constitution. Source: Internet

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