Francisco Luís Gomes: Equality

Francisco Luís Gomes was Indo-Portuguese physician, writer, historian, economist, political scientist and MP in the Portuguese parliament.. Explore interesting quotes on equality.
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“We do not have monarchies by divine right, we do not lack influential and wealthy clergy, we do not want rich families between the crown and the people. What we are looking for is equal rights for the people, and uniform distribution of goods. It is time for democratizing the right to property.”

Francisco Luís Gomes

A Liberdade da Terra e a Economia Rural da India Portuguesa (1862), Introduction. Quoted by Teotonio R. de Souza in Essays in Goan history (1989), p. 137
A Liberdade da Terra e a Economia Rural da India Portuguesa (1862)

People , Family , Time

“It is necessary that the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity, eternal in their duration, be universal in their application, that being realized in institutions, law and customs, they spread over the surface of the globe and filter down to it's lowest strata. Only then shall the regeneration of man be accomplished.”

Francisco Luís Gomes

Os Brâmanes (1866). Quoted by Teotonio R. de Souza in Essays in Goan history (1989), p. 137
Os Brâmanes (1866)

Law , Universe

“What use is equality in theory and in law, if it does not penetrate into our customs?”

Francisco Luís Gomes

Os Brâmanes, p. 33
Os Brâmanes (1866)

Law