Inequity Quotes

29 quotes by 26 authors

...In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work. — Paul Farmer
There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in war and some men are wounded; some men never leave the country, some men… — John F. Kennedy
Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you've done your bit toward putting an end to social inequity in the world. — Paulo Coelho
I'll be bossy and damn proud! Banning words, please. Try banning the system that produces polices that promote inequity. — Rosa Clemente
Humanitys greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality… — Bill Gates
Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity. — PZ Myers
The American teacher stands on the front lines of poverty and inequity that our fellow Americans refuse to acknowledge, on the front lines of the… — John Kuhn
...works of piety and charity... are necessary in this present life for as long as inequality prevails. Their workings here would not be required were… — John Cassian
Maybe I'm a bad feminist, but I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have strong opinions about misogyny, institutional… — Roxane Gay
Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity — Bill Gates
Taking a look back, one big reqret is, I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities in the world.Â The appalling disparities… — Bill Gates
Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does any religious conviction… — David Blankenhorn
Whether you're gay or straight, with a physical disability, your skin's a different color, it's absurd in this age to not be aware and be… — Carson Kressley
The contemporary tendency in our society is to base our distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into the overfed mouths… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all… — Jasmine Guy
And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to… — Peter Tosh
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where… — Gore Vidal
The role of inequity in society is grossly underestimated. Inequity is not good for your health, basically. — Frans de Waal
Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted will inevitably differ… — Howard Gardner
Down there - he said - are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any inequity. All out of a kind of… — Terry Pratchett

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