equal

first among equals the person or thing having the highest status in a group.

☞ This expression is a translation of the Latin phrase primus inter pares, which is also used in English.

other (or all) things being equal provided that other factors or circumstances remain the same.

2014New Zealand Herald All other things being equal, a carrier with a higher number of seats available will need to protect a lower percentage of seats and hence release a relatively greater number of lower priced fares.

some - are more equal than others although members of a society or group appear to be equal, in reality some receive better treatment than others.

☞ The phrase originated in George Orwell's Animal Farm (1945), where it characterizes the true state of affairs in a supposedly egalitarian community of farm animals: 'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.'