Equality Quote by David Cay Johnston

“In a capitalist society there are always inequalities of class and wealth. People who inherit money and property will always see themselves as being…

— Sally Wentworth

“All around us we see a level of individual wealth unequaled since the early years of the 20th century.”

— Tony Judt

“When inequality alarmists like Krugman hold up the post-war era as a model, they are not doing so in the name of prosperity, or…

— Don Watkins

“For all the ugly vices that capitalism encourages, it's at least interesting, exciting, it offers possiblities. In America, the struggle is at least an…

— Tom Robbins

I don't think equality is intrinsically valuable, meaning in and of itself. I'm not against inequality... if Bill Gates gets another hundred million dollars,…

— Angus Deaton

No matter how we name and dissect inequality, we must keep explaining the larger downside of such concentrated extreme wealth.

— Alissa Quart

Wealth inequality has increased.

— Cornel West

“some nations have tried to bring about more economic equality in economically harmful ways, not through opening up free markets but through brute use…

— Barry Asmus

“Capitalism may be the unequal distribution of wealth, socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

I don't believe that economic equality is possible; indeed some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and keeping up with…

— Boris Johnson

“The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.”

— Capt. Jean-Luc Picard

“But it was also clear that an all-round increase in wealth threatened the destruction — indeed, in some sense was the destruction — of…

— George Orwell