There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The French don't think everyone should have the same bank balance, but they're offended by extremes of inequality. — Pamela Druckerman 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
Inequality is not the same thing as unfairness; and, to my mind, it is the latter that has incited so much political… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
What drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever-widening chasm between the ultra-rich and everybody else... — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“All around us we see a level of individual wealth unequaled since the early years of the 20th century.” — Tony Judt 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
We've done a very poor job at really reflecting on our legacy of racial inequality... You see it in the South, but… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I think liberals should accept that if we want big programs that significantly reduce inequality - and we should - it's going… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
“If we compare the gap separating rich and poor, whether measured by overall assets or annual income, we find that in every… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
People differ in capacity, skill, health, strength; and unequal fortune is a necessary result of unequal condition. Such inequality is far from… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Under this [Bush] Administration, America's middle class has been abandoned -- its dreams denied, its Main Street interests ignored and its mainstream… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We need to start talking about inequality again; we need to start talking about the inequities and unfairnesses and the injustices of… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
There have always been two theories about inequality. One is that it reflects just deserts. The other is that there are large… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Borders are the single biggest cause of discrimination in all of world history. Inequality gaps between people living in the same country… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
This success permits us to hope that after thirty or forty years of observation on the new Planet [Neptune], we may employ… — Urbain Le Verrier Copy Share Image
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
When you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. ... And I don't quite know… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
Here's the trick, just as Marxists use the disparity, economic disparity among people to lure them into believing and supporting socialism to… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If we were going to address what involves the biggest number of women, reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right - like… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I decided that I wanted to spend my career fighting inequality rather than making myself more comfortable. — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
It has been convincingly demonstrated that countries where there are high rates of poverty, or high rates of economic inequality, are the… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
To every woman who gave birth, to every citizen and taxpayer, it's our time to have wage equality once and for all… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
“If Eve was really created after Adam, then there is the beginning of the inequality that we keep talking about in our… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well. — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Economic inequality is systemic, and one of the most effective barriers is ignorance about how money works beyond the basics. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
A Society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure and to another all the burdens of work condemns both… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen. — Michael Marmot Copy Share Image
Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equality can only lead us to… — Francis Picabia Copy Share Image
You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potentially expand or reduce inequality, how their… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Regardless of how you interpret the facts, you have to come to the conclusion that inequality is widening in the US and… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to… — Pramila Jayapal 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
Income inequality has made having kids, much like getting a quality college education, a rich person's privilege. — Ana Kasparian 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