American journalists tend to treat inequality as a fact of life. But it needn't be. — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
Feminism needs a political program because gender inequality has been fostered by political decisions. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“Demands for equality need to be as complicated as the inequalities they seek to address.” — Reni Eddo-Lodge Copy Share Image
Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The balancing of the budget will not in itself place a teaspoonful of milk in a hungry baby's stomach, or remove the… — John L. Lewis Copy Share Image
Rising inequality can create a more highly leveraged economy, and it can then make the economy vulnerable to a crash like 2008. — Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell Copy Share Image
I think that on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality and poverty alleviation, and those issues are so important. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these… — Plato Copy Share Image
I've been in revolt for years against ignominy, against injustice, against inequality, against immorality, against the exploitation of human beings. — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
Today in many places we hear a call for greater security. But until exclusion and inequality in society and between peoples is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Government sponsors untold waste, criminality and inequality in every sphere of life it touches, giving little or nothing in return. — Doug Casey Copy Share Image
By expediting the use of the 1619 Project, our schools are coming perilously close to cementing existing inequality, rather than giving kids… — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
The worldwide financial and economic crisis seems to highlight their distortions and above all the gravely deficient human perspective, which reduces man… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Talking about income inequality, even if you're not on the Forbes 400 list, can make us feel uncomfortable. It feels less positive,… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
I have been very careful to put forward new ideas - on tackling inequality, extending democratic reform and the green agenda, because… — Peter Hain Copy Share Image
The heart of the liberal philosophy is a belief in the dignity of the individual, in his freedom to make the most… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Security is a precious asset. It should be a goal of everyone who genuinely wants to build a good society rather than… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It's immoral and wrong that the top 1 percent of the USA owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“The sharp reduction in income inequality that we observe in almost all the rich countries between 1914 and 1945 was due above… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
“We are Knights of the Trinity, Angels of the Third Realm of Heaven Warriors of The Almighty Defenders of Righteousness, Truth. And… — J.B. Lion Copy Share Image
The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to… — Theodore Hesburgh Copy Share Image
“Well, our economic system "works," it just works in the interests of the masters, and I'd like to see one that works… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The U.S. and, to a certain extent, countries in Europe as well, have experienced growing inequality within their population for decades -… — Nicholas Bloom Copy Share Image
There may be countries [where] there's no gender inequality in schooling, even in higher education, but [where there is] gender inequality in… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot-box,… — Ignatius Donnelly Copy Share Image
“No country without a revolution or a military defeat and subsequent occupation has ever experienced such a sharp a shift in the… — Lester Thurow Copy Share Image
“If trickle-down economics worked, we would not have four food banks in Kensington and Chelsea.” — Emma Dent Coad Copy Share Image
The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
If there is inequality, and that equates with colour, then I'm going to deal with it. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
“It occurred to me that as a man I could do anything, everything I wanted.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The wealth disparity between the lowest and the highest continues to expand, and that's inappropriate. — Ruth Porat Copy Share Image