Inequality Quotes · Page 21

“So, as middle-class families have been tumbling downhill, working-class families have been tumbling into poverty. And”

— Amy Goldstein

Americans swept away the instruments of English hereditary inequality - entails and titles of nobility - even before we had a constitution.

— Steven Weinberg

Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just…

— Hillary Clinton

If only the majority of the wealthiest top 10 percent of Americans own stock directly - which does not include pension and…

— Stephen Moore

As long as almost no new social housing is built, gross inequality will persist, and class structures will grow ever more constraining.

— Dawn Foster

Getting inequality out there into the consciousness was important. All these political pundits now talking about the 2014 and 2016 elections are…

— Edward Snowden

I don't think equality is intrinsically valuable, meaning in and of itself. I'm not against inequality... if Bill Gates gets another hundred…

— Angus Deaton

No kid graduating in a political science class in Canada should not understand what's happened to income inequality since the 1970s, period.…

— Michael Ignatieff

Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive…

— Ban Ki-moon

Equality is essential. Gay, Straight, Fat, Skinny, Weak, Strong, Black, White, Brown, Yellow, Muslim, Christian, Atheist, Etc. It doesn't matter. What matters…

— Jasari

When corporations refuse to practice due diligence by not establishing grievance mechanisms for remedy of abuses against the hidden 94% of their…

— Sharan Burrow

In a process that had begun in the 1980s and suddenly accelerated in the early 2000s ... [t]he peaks of great wealth…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and…

— William Godwin

When we talk about inequality in America, the great health centers being able to care for people who don't have means is…

— Maria Bartiromo

European officials thought that austerity was part of what they called their 'convergence policies,' of trying to bring countries together. Instead, it…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Most people believe that inequality is rising - and indeed it has been rising for a while in a number of rich…

— Branko Milanovic

“Morals do exist outside of organized religion, and the ‘morality’ taught by many of these archaic systems is often outdated, sexist, racist,…

— David G. McAfee

I made an effort to ensure social safeguards. But our economy has to grow - and Chile, with a population of 17…

— Michelle Bachelet

“There's a liberal story that limited opportunities, and barriers, lead to employment problems and criminal records, but then there's another story that…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Recently, the International Monetary Fund published a report which revealed that too much inequality even inhibits economic growth.22 Perhaps the most fascinating…

— Rutger Bregman

“This fundamental inequality, which I will write as r > g (where r stands for the average annual rate of return on…

— Thomas Piketty

“One $7 million advertising campaign ran this advertisement: “When you die, the IRS can bury your family in crippling tax bills. It…

— Ray D. Madoff

In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied;…

— James Madison

In the 21st Century, I'd like to think women have the right to live lives free of both sexual violence and daily…

— Laura Bates

A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate…

— Piyush Goyal

“In a society where one form of gross inequality is institutionalized, it is easier for other forms of inequality to flourish as…

— Anonymous

In the US, the problem is primary and secondary education. We've had such an increase in inequality because a quarter of American…

— Milton Friedman

Growing inequality is exacerbated by the companies who simply treat workers as commodities, and our governments are cowered by their demands to…

— Sharan Burrow

We are dealing with the greater challenges of globalisation. It is generating, in many cases, an increase in the levels of inequality…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of…

— Pope Francis

The church is an organisation that institutionalises an aversion to homosexuality, it institutionalises gender inequality and it speaks from a place of…

— Hozier

The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Most middle-class people I know don't really live like me. Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about…

— Irvine Welsh

Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

There's a wealth gap that is happening, and that is all over the world, you know? The rich are getting richer and…

— Hill Harper

Beginning in 1981, when government policies began to undermine the liberal consensus of the previous generation, wealth began to diverge. It is…

— Heather Cox Richardson

“Instead of looking for explanations for the fact of inequality, anthropologists should look for the explanation for the notion of equality.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Gender equality, historically has been predominantly a women's movement for women. But I think the impact of gender inequality and how it's…

— Emma Watson

The decision is I'm going to do everything I can to fight for the working class of this country, the low-income people…

— Bernie Sanders