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Equality of treatment is the chief purpose for which the Government…

Quote byGeorge Howard Earle Jr. · 1856–1928

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From Hearing Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce: United States Senate Sixty-second Congress pursuant to S. Res. 98 &c. (6 December 1911:803).

English (original)

Equality of treatment is the chief purpose for which the Government exists ... Liberty is but an equality of justice.

— George Howard Earle Jr.

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