Inequality Quotes

374 Inequality quotes by 275 unique authors

They talk about income inequality. I’m for income inequality. — Rick Santorum
If you are not the victim, don't examine it entirely from your point of view because when YOU'RE not the victim, it becomes pretty easy… — Gary Yourofsky
Many ideas have struggled over the centuries to dominate the planet. Fascism. Communism. Democracy. Religion. But only one has achieved total supremacy. Its compulsive attractions… — Jonathon Porritt
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends… — Alexis de Tocqueville
To rest the case for equal treatment of national or racial minorities on the assumption that they do not differ from other men is implicitly… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability… — Will Durant
We cannot live without trade. A society can neither advance nor improve without excess of disposable income. This excess can only be amassed through the… — David Mamet
Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out… — Indira Gandhi
The only inequalities that matter begin in the mind. It is not income levels but differences in mental equipment that keep people apart, breed feelings… — Jacquetta Hawkes
Love is based on inequality as friendship is on equality. — William Butler Yeats
In our current society, it is considered a weakness to be female and a treason to protest this. Highlighting inequality results in aggressive insults and… — Clementine Ford
At the heart of the problem is the fact that the United States is a racially divided nation where extreme racial inequalities continue to persist. — Robert D Bullard
We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance, inequalities between rich… — Poul Hartling
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression, but also for… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
The deep inequalities that persist are visible reminders of the effects of apartheid and colonialism. Until these scars are healed, the vision of our Constitution… — Unknown Author
A tight-money policy reinforces inequality in two ways. Its high interest rates disproportionately reward the rich, and the resulting unemployment disproportionately punishes the poor. — Linda McQuaig
Thus it is thought that justice is equality; and so it is, but not for all persons, only for those that are equal. Inequality also… — Aristotle
The lack of health care coverage has remained very important to me during my time in Congress and as a member of the House Subcommittee… — Paul Gillmor
If you grow up in a WEIRD society, you become so well educated in the ethic of autonomy that you can detect oppression and inequality… — Jonathan Haidt
Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have… — Pope Francis
As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking… — Pope Francis
But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than… — Barney Frank
I stress – I don't believe that economic equality is possible; indeed some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and keeping… — Boris Johnson
Women can't wait for equal pay. And I won't stop fighting to address this inequality. — Barack Obama
Sex as desired by the class that dominates women is held by that class to be elemental, urgent, necessary, even if or even though it… — Andrea Dworkin

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