The burning issue of our time is the growing inequality in income and wealth in our country, and it's got to be… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
Protecting space for civil society and citizenry is particularly critical in a world marked by rising political and economic inequality. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
To me, feminism means equality between men and women. I want to make people laugh and also point out some injustices or… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
Freedom is essentially a condition of inequality, not equality. It recognizes as a fact of nature the structural differences inherent in man… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
If someone thinks of something, some new innovation that benefits us all, and the market works properly, they get richly rewarded for… — Angus Deaton 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
We've seen the weakest economic recovery since World War II, and massive levels of inequality and debt. — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself. — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
“We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
When I was confronted with just the bare facts of poverty and inequality in America, it always disturbed and confused me. — Matthew Desmond 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
Africa's young population could be a huge economic asset if inequality were addressed. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Human rights start with the freedom of equal income and educational opportunity. The deep-rooted inequalities like gender, colour, race and religion discriminations… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
I think Republicans need to take income inequality more seriously. Not because I favor equality of outcomes. I do not. I think… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“The capitalist and consumerist ethics are two sides of the same coin, a merger of two commandments. The supreme commandment of the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Democracy is premised, in some measure, on majority rule, and democracy is difficult in a situation of concentrated inequalities in which a… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
I think the media and the candidates have got to talk about why the middle class is in decline and why we… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The historical weight of gender inequality has tended to concentrate women in lower-paid jobs with fewer benefits and at the same time… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
It costs a lot of money to go into cafes to breastfeed when out in public. Not everyone has the money to… — Jill Johnston Copy Share Image
“We certainly face, as did the ancient Greeks, the problem of oligarchy—ever more threatening as globalization increases differences in wealth.” — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Global inequality is such an abstract concept, simply because there is no global government. Telling people in rich countries who have had… — Branko Milanovic Copy Share Image
Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient. — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
The Fed cannot reduce inequality on its own; far from it. This requires a concerted effort by the government, broadly speaking, to… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
