Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in instituti…

Simone Weil
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Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings. ✨ Simone Weil (2015). Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings, p.224, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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