Inequality Quotes · Page 45

I've been reading about and writing about the Civil War period and it is so striking that slavery was never made right…

— George Saunders

“In some circumstances, a focus on extrinsic rewards (money) can actually diminish effort. Most (or at least many) teachers enter their profession…

— Joseph E. Stiglitz

In a culture that gives men irresponsible power and women powerless responsibility, the advancement of civilization cannot be a serious goal.

— Mary Blakely

To rest the case for equal treatment of national or racial minorities on the assumption that they do not differ from other…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and…

— Sonia Sotomayor

There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly,…

— Henry George

In our society it is murder, psychologically, to deprive a man of a job or an income. You are in substance saying…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A lot of women seem to have a similar attitude, - 'I'm not a feminist' - and it gets wearying. What's wrong…

— Mary Stott

“There are places where you can live only when you are healthy, in those places when you fall ill it's the end…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Inequality is inextricably linked with distribution of land and natural resources.

— Winnie Byanyima

I have truly never been honest outside of the home in regards to racism and inequality and what I've been subject to.

— Wunmi Mosaku

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

— Mary Douglas

High levels of inequality generate high costs for society, dampening social mobility, undermining the labour market prospects of vulnerable social groups, and…

— Jose Angel Gurria

To allow injustice and inequality invites a Ferguson to your community. We must stand together, black, white, brown, red, and yellow and…

— Jesse Jackson

The Savior has suffered not just for our iniquities but also for the inequality, the unfairness, the pain, the anguish, and the…

— David A. Bednar

To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all…

— Naomi Wolf

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

Your constant harassment of the female gender makes me sick.

— Ramandeep Singh

Those who want to "spread the wealth" almost invariably seek to concentrate the power. It happens too often, and in too many…

— Thomas Sowell

he issue of inequality in this country [USA], and the ways that money has captured our political system, are serious indicators of…

— Cynthia Kauffman

All those people who went out [to Occupy Wall Street] missed work, didn't get paid. Those were individuals who were already feeling…

— Edward Snowden

“This is why i hate social media. It gives a voice to people who dont (sic) deserve one.”

— Gary Streeter

Motherhood is a greater predictor of wage inequality than gender is. It's enormous.

— Anne-Marie Slaughter

And what is the Republican solution to these outrageous [racial] inequalities? There isn't one. And that's the point. Denying racism is the…

— Bill Maher

“Boy, you are a hothead, Bane. Your rage makes you an exceptional warrior but quite a boring conversationalist. Good thing I did…

— J.B. Lion