Economic Inequality Quotes

30 Economic Inequality quotes by 28 unique authors

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure. — Cesar Chavez
Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and more effective, even for very… — Irving Kirsch
Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all, it addresses urgent… — Robert D. Putnam
The state of inequality between individuals and between nations not only still exists; it is increasing. It still happens that side by side with those… — Pope John Paul II
This is why moral uneasiness is destined to become even more acute. It is obvious that a fundamental defect, or rather a series of defects,… — Pope John Paul II
I will always have enough money to last the rest of my life...as long as I don't buy anything. — Ed Asner
Strong, responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. The parties to the labor contract must be… — Louis D. Brandeis
You may be sure that in this new international system, the American citizen will count for precious little. — Pat Buchanan
Every dollar that the boss did not work for, one of us worked for a dollar and didn't get it. — William C. Dudley
In our society it is murder, psychologically, to deprive a man of a job or an income. You are in substance saying to that man… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Everyone has a right to a job, everyone has a right to an education, everyone has a right to health care, everyone has a right… — Dennis Kucinich
God, how patient are Thy poor! These corporations and masters of manipulation in finance heaping up great fortunes by a system of legalized extortion, and… — Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
The balancing of the budget will not in itself place a teaspoonful of milk in a hungry baby's stomach, or remove the rags from its… — John L. Lewis
A Society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure and to another all the burdens of work condemns both classes to spiritual… — Lewis Mumford
The essential point here is that all people with small, insecure incomes are in the same boat and ought to be fighting on the same… — George Orwell
If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any… — John Sherman
Thievery is what unregulated capitalism is all about. — Robert Sherrill
The ultimate goal of those who blame workers for Wall Street's economic crisis is to unravel the fabric of our common life in pursuit of… — Richard Trumka
People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are… — Laozi
This happens today: if the investments in the banks fall slightly... a tragedy... what can be done? But if people die of hunger, if they… — Pope Francis
Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor, from… — Pope Francis
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process. — Benjamin Harrison
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. — Robert Green Ingersoll
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told… — Mother Jones
The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future… — Jon Meacham

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