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Quotation from A Disquisition on Government by John C. Calhoun
“But to go further, and make equality of condition essential to liberty, would be to destroy both liberty and progress.”
A Disquisition on Government, Section on liberty and equality (The Works of John C. Calhoun, vol. 1 (1851), Internet Archive OCR text)
Calhoun grants that equality before the law is essential but argues that inequality of condition drives progress.
Citation: "But to go further, and make equality of condition essential to liberty, would be to destroy both liberty and progress." — John C. Calhoun, A Disquisition on Government, Section on liberty and equality (The Works of John C. Calhoun, vol. 1 (1851), Internet Archive OCR text). (id calhoun-disquisition-on-government-q7)
Portrait: John C. Calhoun, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
