Best Inequality Proverbs
374 Inequality quotes by 275 unique authors
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The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar the face of…
— Pope Francis
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We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and…
— Evo Morales
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Inequality can be done away with only by establishing a new society, where men and women will enjoy equal rights, resulting from an upheaval in…
— Thomas Sankara
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Overwhelming and astounding inequality,especially when it has an element of the unattainable, arouses far less envy than minimal inequality, which inevitably causes the envious to…
— Helmut Schoeck
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Development develops inequality.
— Eduardo Galeano
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By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and…
— Janet Poppendieck
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An inequality of property is the root and foundation of innumerable evils; it tends to derision, and to keep asunder the social feelings that should…
— Orson Pratt
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However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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If our goal is to slow migration, then the best way to do so is to work for a more equitable global system. But slowing…
— Aviva Chomsky
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The American woman's inequality with men is proved by her defiant attitude.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Couldn't we even argue that it is because men are unequal that they have that much more need to be brothers?
— Charles Du Bos
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Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores…
— Evita Peron
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I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I…
— Taslima Nasrin
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Eye-popping tales of growing income inequality are hardly new. By now, nearly every American must be painfully aware of the widening pay gap between top…
— Steven Rattner
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The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012.
— Steven Rattner
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There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But…
— Juliet Stevenson
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Go back to - my first campaign for the United States Senate. I got a bunch of people now talking about inequality. But back then…
— Barack Obama
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I want to make a positive point of Ikea. It makes income inequality a minor distraction.
— Greg Gutfeld
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I believe you should tell the story of injustices, of inequalities, of bad conditions, so that the people as a whole in this country really…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy.
— Derek Bok
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It is from this absolute indifference and tranquillity of the mind, that mathematical speculations derive some of the most considerable advantages; because there is nothing…
— Edmund Burke
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We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose…
— Artur Davis
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General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen.
— Michael Marmot
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For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well.
— Evo Morales
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I trace the inequality to a particular set of decisions that we took when we lowered the tax rate from 91% down to very low…
— Joseph Stiglitz
Who Wrote These Inequality Quotes
275 authors contributed a total of 374 Inequality Quotes, led by these top contributors: