America Quote by Derrick Bell

For me upward social mobility is possible through talent and hard work and is a glowing endorsement of the benefits of living in a…

— Alex Kapranos

We do not just strive for a society in which every person has the opportunity to reach their full potential (all parties lay claim…

— Chuka Umunna

There's some way in which we would prefer not to see very clearly the immense gifts and intelligence of some of the people who…

— Katherine Boo

Here's something we're rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent.

— Winnie Byanyima

“In this version, scholars like Otto Rank, Viktor Frankl, and Rollo May—not to mention philosophically oriented social activists like Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de…

— Eli J. Finkel

Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and…

— Ai Weiwei

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

— Chanakya

In the run towards being a better human being, we must recognize that other people's value systems are no less important than our own.

— Senora Roy

“Man's merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches.”

— Bahá'u'lláh

“It is society as a whole that assigns value and prestige to what people do;”

— Anne-Marie Slaughter

We are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth or status or power or fame,…

— Barack Obama

In America, what makes us so successful is the innovation, the competition, the focus on merit.

— Joel Klein