For many young people mobility has turned into a bus down to the job centre. — Harriet Harman Copy Share Image
The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility. — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
I've been talking about things like reversing the rise of inequality and strengthening social mobility,since before it was cool. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken. — Xavier Niel Copy Share Image
“One of the drawbacks of upward social mobility is a sense of guilty indebtedness to the old neighborhood.” — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
Free market capitalism is far more than economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility-the highway to the American Dream. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
There are lots of great educationalists out there who really care about social mobility. — Layla Moran Copy Share Image
I see social mobility and equality of opportunity as really successful Canadian values. — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
I'm a beneficiary of an extraordinary education, and I believe that no matter where you live, the access to education is key… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
“At the lower end of the social scale, as well as among the gentry, enterprise and social mobility were part of the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“At the same time, they’ve shown me that social mobility isn’t just about money and economics, it’s about a lifestyle change. The… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
As class barriers tumbled and Britain became a more meritocratic society, young, well-educated Scots were best placed to exploit the new social… — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
We used to be so proud that our country offered far more economic opportunities than the feudal system in Great Britain, with… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I'm afraid you gave up the right to pontificate on social mobility when you abolished educational maintenance allowance [EMA], trebled tuition fees… — Harriet Harman Copy Share Image
The American middle class has always existed to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable: settled values with unsettled ones, social mobility with a sense… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
The stress laid on upward social mobility in the United States has tended to obscure the fact that there can be more… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
We still are America though. We're still a country that is a country of social mobility. We're still a country of immigrants.… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“There is real hope for a culture that makes it as easy to buy a book as it does a pack of… — Paula Rabinowitz Copy Share Image
The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Trump wants to take us back to a time when people like him could abuse others with little to no consequence, when… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
The 1970s were the height of social mobility. College was accessible. My grandfather was a poor immigrant who went to a public… — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
It is worthwhile to engage in something that is close to one's heart. I had a scholarship. So if I donate money… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
“David Brooks, “Our Founding Yuppie,” Weekly Standard, Oct. 23, 2000, 31. The word “meritocracy” is an argument-starter, and I have employed it… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
The latest research on social mobility showed that there's a large aggregate decline in the U.S. in your chances of earning more… — Raj Chetty Copy Share Image
“here is one other element of the apocalyptic tradition to be considered, namely transition. I said a minute ago that one of… — Frank Kermode Copy Share Image
“For anyone born after 1945, the welfare state and its institutions were not a solution to earlier dilemmas: they were simply the… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“Yeah, and there’s this constant refrain from privileged people; it’s like they’re all racing to prove how miserable they used to be.… — K. Archura Copy Share Image
“Moved by the need for control, for an unchallenged top tier, the power elite in American history has thrived by placating the… — Nancy Isenberg Copy Share Image
“Downward social mobility. We hear a lot about the great social mobility in America with the focus usually on the comparative ease… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
A Labour Party that stops talking about social mobility has forgotten what it is for. — Liz Kendall Copy Share Image
Federal policies must understand the linkages between economic growth, social mobility, and a strong middle class. — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
Indias rigid social structure limits intergenerational economic mobility and fosters acceptance of vast wealth disparities. — Steven Rattner Copy Share Image
School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Helping future generations get the best possible start in life should be a higher priority for any government committed to social mobility… — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
Money dictates nearly step of social mobility from the very first moments of life. How much our parents make often determines whether… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image