Inequality Quotes

374 Inequality quotes by 275 unique authors

American inequality didn't just happen. It was created. — Joseph Stiglitz
At my public school I had hated every other face for fear the owner was a lord, at university, I was to court the rich… — Henry Green
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world -… — Ulrich Beck
It is eminently possible to have a market-based economy that requires no such brutality and demands no such ideological purity. A free market in consumer… — Naomi Klein
Inequality has risen to the point that it seems to me worthwhile for the U.S. to seriously consider taking the risk of making our economy… — Janet Yellen
We ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as… — Alan Greenspan
That nations that have gone for equality, like Communism, have neither freedom nor justice nor equality, they've the greatest inequalities of all, the privileges of… — Margaret Thatcher
Stopped as attribute of a person, sex inequality takes the form of gender; moving as a relation between people, it takes the form of sexuality.… — Catharine MacKinnon
Lenin, Stalin, and Mao slaughtered even more tens of millions in the name of equality than Hitler murdered in the name of inequality. — Steve Sailer
Pornography is not egalitarian and gender-free. It is predicated upon the inequality of women and is the propaganda that makes that inequality sexy. For women… — Sheila Jeffreys
Probably the most extreme form of inequality is between people who are alive and people who are dead. — Peter Thiel
Anger is a little thing. Hate is a little thing. Order is a little thing. Each of these little things has a major impact on… — Iyanla Vanzant
When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did in the nineteenth century and seems… — Thomas Piketty
Contrary to a tenacious myth, France is not owned by California pension funds or the Bank of China, any more than the United States belongs… — Thomas Piketty
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
Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence. — Tarja Halonen
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
In middle-income countries, inequality becomes a problem because you can see there is a layer of people who are doing well, while the poor are… — Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Today, we are closer to fulfilling America's promise of economic and social justice because we stand on the shoulders of giants like Dr. King, yet… — Barack Obama
I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom is… — Arne Duncan
I recognize that globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve to death. It is… — Pope Francis
When money, instead of man, is at the center of the system, when money becomes an idol, men and women are reduced to simple instruments… — Pope Francis
Since inequalities of privilege are greater than could possibly be defended rationally, the intelligence of privileged groups is usually applied to the task of inventing… — Reinhold Niebuhr
... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation… — Thomas Jefferson
This world and life of ours are filled with inequalities. The worst possible use to make of this fact, however, is to allow resentments to… — George Matthew Adams

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