La premie'  re e¤  galite¤  , c'est l'e¤  quite¤  . The first equality is equity.

-Hugo,Victor Marie
  Les Mise¤  rables, vol.4, bk.1, ch.4.

To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to his revealed will and approved ordinance; and, finally, it isthe subversion of good order, of all equityand justice.

-Knox,John
  First Blast of the Trumpet against theMonstrous Regiment of Women.

   During my tenure of power, myearnest wish has beento impress the people of this country with a belief that the legislature was animated bya sincere desire to frame its legislation upon the principles of equity and justice† Deprive me of power tomorrow, but you can never deprive me of the consciousness that I have exercised the powers committed to me from no corrupt or interested motives, from no desire to gratifyambition, or to attain any personal object.

-Peel, Sir Robert
  On the repeal of the Corn Laws, House of Commons, 15 May.