A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
At my public school I had hated every other face for fear the owner was a lord, at university, I was to… — Henry Green Copy Share Image
When humans invented material inequality, they came up with a way of subjugating the low-ranking like nothing ever seen before in the… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“People were lost and people were scared and their lynch ropes couldn't reach bankers or stockbrokers, so they looked for targets closer… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
Economic inequality is a corrosive force that undermines economic growth, puts a brake on the fight against poverty, and sparks social unrest. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Some people think that gender equality is the biggest issue on the table, and to me, that's a privilege to even think… — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
Yeah, maybe that's the way to solve the gender inequality that's naturally in relationships: to have a lot more power in the… — Celine Song Copy Share Image
A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
“We are reverting to the civilization of luggage, and historians of the future will note how the middle classes accreted possessions without… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
If we can create a climate among people that says that any serious candidate for president, Senate, governor, [the] House is going… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to marry… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Have you ever played Monopoly? It's a board game designed to teach kids capitalism. And what happens in the end? The winner… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The failure of state education in so many white working class areas is utterly unacceptable. Not to talk about it or to… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
The American people have to think hard about their definition of the meaning of the good life, that hedonistic, materialistic society of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The concept of UBI (universal basic income) is a good concept and when Arvind Subramanian had started it, I told him that… — Arun Jaitley Copy Share Image
“James Madison framed the constitutional order so that power would be in the hands of the Senate, which represents “the wealth of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine , and found people simple… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
But avarice and ambition in the rich, in the poor the hatred of labour and the love of present ease and enjoyment,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Bernie Sanders is an impressive guy. His authenticity and his credibility stem precisely from the fact that he has been marginalized from… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
“An unbroken horse erects his mane, paws the ground and starts back impetuously at the sight of the bridle; while one which… — Rousseau Jean-Jacques Copy Share Image
There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for inequality, and acts as a permanent reminder… — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
“The world I grew up in was a brutal one. The murder rate was once seven people for every hundred thousand. The… — Yudhanjaya Wijeratne Copy Share Image
Prior to 1940, the affluent and the middle class began to converge, but after 1979, the economic gap between the middle class… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
We must not let the response to the coronavirus crisis make the climate and inequality crises even worse. — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that inequality destabilizes societies. I think the social science evidence on that front is crystal clear. — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
Turning back the inequality revolution may be difficult. But that would certainly help more families - at almost all income levels -… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck. — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
The hollowing out of the middle class is a problem common to all Western industrialized economies. Maybe we should work together to… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
“The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every day The laboring children can look out And see the men… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality,… — Foster Friess Copy Share Image
Inequality is going to be a big issue, but competence is going to be the biggest issue. [People] want to see somebody… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all,… — Julia Louis-Dreyfus Copy Share Image
“I would have hoped you would have learned by now. No matter, a man who refuses to face his destiny offers himself… — J.B. Lion Copy Share Image
Ah, there are moments for us here, when, seeing Life's inequalities, and woe, and care, The burdens laid upon our mortal being… — Phoebe Cary Copy Share Image
Everything in America is so stratified by class now. We have the 93rd level of income inequality in the world. You're already… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
All analysts spend half their time hunting through the literature for inequalities which they want to use and cannot prove. — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence. — Tarja Halonen Copy Share Image
It's a collective truth that slavery is wrong, that child labor is wrong, that gross inequality is wrong. God didn't send it. — Dar Williams Copy Share Image