In the US a child born into a poor family will become a poor adult. The american dream is just that -… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, violence against women is not the only injustice women face globally; it is one of the many inequalities that impede the… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Structuralism argues that a liberal capitalist world economy tends to preserve or actually increase inequalities between developed and less developed economies. — Robert Gilpin Copy Share Image
For Nature is not unjust. She does not steal into the womb and like an evil fairy give her good gifts secretly… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No sustainable development, environmental harmony or lasting security will happen if we are unable to eradicate hunger and extreme inequality — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
“I don't know about you, but I only have one life, and I don't want to spend it in a sewer of… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
The lack of health care coverage has remained very important to me during my time in Congress and as a member of… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system… — Nelson Mandela 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
I don't want our white working class sisters and brothers to feel as though their pain is not important because it is.… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
Sex as desired by the class that dominates women is held by that class to be elemental, urgent, necessary, even if or… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich,… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
The democratic ideal has always been related to a moderate level of inequality. I think one big reason why electoral democracy flourished… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
All men, among themselves, are by nature equal. The inequality we now discern hath its spring from the civil law. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with a male – I hesitate to say ‘man’ – or find ourselves… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
Schools are the single largest lever of mobility in this country. When we commit to creating and enforcing laws that acknowledge the… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Inequality provokes a generalized anger that finds targets where it can--immigrants, foreign countries, American elites, government in all forms--and it rewards demagogues… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Why are so many problems today perceived as problems of intolerance, rather than as problems of inequality, exploitation, or injustice? Why is… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
The antidote to inequality is equality. The question is how do you achieve equality? I believe that, for business, which is where… — Marc Benioff Copy Share Image
I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I think there's so many things happening, whether it's gender inequality or immigration, there's just so many issues happening around the world… — Lilly Singh Copy Share Image
I fear that our loss of a sense of connection with, and duties to, each other leaves us unable to effectively address… — David Wong Copy Share Image
