equality

The fact of being equal.

The most powerful of these general ideas which have shaped political development in recent times is of course the ideal of material equality.

The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

I think somebody asked me the other day when I was holding a conference over here at the library if a woman could be President of the United States. Well I said they've taken over everything else in the world, why not that? [Laughter] And that wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't happen one of these days because the country believes in equality.

Jefferson was talking about the equality of natural human rights. You have freedom, and I have freedom. You and I have equal rights to freedom.