Political/ Debate question: Freedom, equality, and order?

Hi! I want to put freedom, equality, and order in order, as in, whichever one is most important, second most important, and third most important and WHY. So far, I think the order I gave already is what I'm going by. I just want to see what everyone else thinks.
 
Resounding of our Founding Fathers. Good Question! The Find was to institute our Army & Navy for freedom. For equality 2/3 for bought slaves from Africa, everyone else full equal. For Order the Individual States would decide their destiny. We enjoy no order today because of the Civil War. The Federal Government Stepped in to stop rampant slavery in other States, Kansas in particular.! The Feds had too, because my family history shows we were radically opposed to Slavery in the State of Kansas, a new State! The Feds got involved and won the Civil War, problem being the Feds have been winning ever since. I want to go back and reclame Kansas as a Free State As My Forefathers Fought and Died For!
 
technically, if people are truely free, you won't have complete equality, except under the law. there are those who are naturally better and continue to strive to be better.
 
equality, freedom, order.

the reason equality is first is because i don't want people to deny equality to anyone because they have the freedom to.
 
A very interesting question. To put my two cents in, I would put these things in this order: Order, equality, and freedom (oddly, the exact opposite of your idea). Here is my thinking: Without order, there is no way to insure equality. Without equality, there is no way to enforce that the fair laws which all citizens abide by, which would ultimately make freedom an arbitrary right, which would threaten order and equality in and of itself. To give further relevance to my idea, I would point to the famous philosopher Thomas Hobbs. He described the state of nature for men without society and order as "brutish and short". Essentially, Hobbs is saying (as I am) that without order, the other virtues that we hold dear could not function, or even exist for that matter. Once we have order, we need equality. Mason Cooley once said, "As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance". His wise words strengthen my point that if freedom were to be given before equality, there would be a plethora of people clawing at power, and upon the suppression of others, how could there possibly be any hope for freedom? Simply put, there isn't. Essentially what it comes down to is the fact that when it comes down to these issues, pragmatism will ultimately lead to utilitarianism, and the achievement of all of these values, in this order: Order, Equality, and Freedom.
 
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